Sunday, February 1, 2015

Using Comparison Conditions


SELECT last_name, salary
FROM   employees
WHERE  salary <= 3000 ;
Last_name
Salary
Edin
2400
John
2300

Using the BETWEEN Condition
Use the BETWEEN condition to display rows based on a range of values:
SELECT last_name, salary
FROM   employees
WHERE  salary BETWEEN 2500 AND 3500 ;

Last_name
Salary
Edin
2400
John
2300

Comparison Conditions


Operator
Meaning
=
Equal to
> 
Greater than
>=
Greater than or equal to
< 
Less than
<=
Less than or equal to
<> 
Not equal to
BETWEEN
...AND...
Between two values (inclusive)
IN(set)
Match any of a list of values
LIKE
Match a character pattern
IS NULL
Is a null value


Character Strings and Dates


      Character strings and date values are enclosed by single quotation marks.
      Character values are case-sensitive, and date values are format-sensitive.
      The default date format is DD-MON-RR.
      SELECT last_name, job_id, department_id FROM   employees WHERE  last_name = 'Jenny' ;