Condition (SQL)
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A relational database management system uses SQL conditions or expressions in WHERE clauses and in HAVING clauses to SELECT subsets of data.
Types of condition
- Many conditions compare values for (for example) equality, inequality or similarity.
- The EXISTS condition uses the SQL standard keyword
EXISTS[1] to determine whether rows exist in a subquery result.[2]
Examples
To SELECT one row of data from a table called tab with a primary key column (pk) set to 100 — use the condition pk = 100:
SELECT * FROM tab WHERE pk = 100
To identify whether a table tab has rows of data with a duplicated column dk — use the condition having count(*) > 1:
SELECT dk FROM tab GROUP BY dk HAVING count(*) > 1
References
- ↑ Fehily, Chris (2005). SQL: Visual Quickstart Guide (2 ed.). Peachpit Press. pp. 439–440, 480. ISBN 978-0-321-33417-6. https://archive.org/details/sql0000fehi/page/439. "SQL Keywords [...] The appendix lists the 2003 standard's reserved and non-reserved keywords. [...] EXISTS [...]"
- ↑ Fehily, Chris (2005). SQL: Visual Quickstart Guide (2 ed.). Peachpit Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-321-33417-6. https://archive.org/details/sql0000fehi/page/278. "EXISTS and NOT EXISTS [...] look for the existence or nonexistence of rows in a subquery result."
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