Defining Search Conditions

Now that you have an idea of how to create a simple WHERE clause, let’s take a closer look at the five basic types of predicates you can define.

Comparison

The most common type of condition is one that uses a comparison predicate to compare two value expressions to each other. As you can see in Figure 6-2, you can define six different types of comparisons using the following comparison predicate operators.

Figure 6-2. The syntax diagram for the comparison condition

= Equals<> Not Equal To< Less Than> Greater Than<= Less Than or Equal To>= Greater Than or Equal To

Comparing String Values: A Caution

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