Comparison Operators
These operations test whether two expressions are equal. Comparison Operators result in a value of true
, false
or null
. The following tables show the usual comparison operators that can be used for all simple data types:
Operator | Description |
---|---|
< | less than |
> | greater than |
<= | less than or equal to |
>= | greater than or equal to |
= | equal |
<> | not equal |
!= | not equal - same as <> |
If used in the WHERE Clause the following operators are valid in addition.
Operator | Description |
---|---|
LIKE | matches a part of the given value |
NOT | negates a condition |
IS NULL | matches a NULL value |
IS NOT NULL | matches a Non-NULL value |
~ | regular expression match |
!~ | negated regular expression match |
between | a BETWEEN x and y : shortcut for a >= x AND a <= y |