Comparison Operators

Comparison Operators list:

Operator	Description
=	Equal
<> or !=	Not equal
<	Less than
>	Greater than
<=	Less than or equal to
>=	Greater than or equal to
ANY	Compares one value with any value in a list
SOME	Identical to the ANY operator
ALL	Compares one value with all values in a list

Example:

 
CREATE TABLE EMP (EMPNO NUMBER(4) NOT NULL,
                      ENAME VARCHAR2(10),
                      HIREDATE DATE);

INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (1, 'SMITH', TO_DATE('17-DEC-1980', 'DD-MON-YYYY'));
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (2, 'ALLEN', TO_DATE('20-FEB-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'));
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (3, 'WARD',  TO_DATE('22-FEB-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'));
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (4, 'JONES', TO_DATE('2-APR-1981',  'DD-MON-YYYY'));
INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (5, 'MARTIN',TO_DATE('28-SEP-1981', 'DD-MON-YYYY'));

SQL> SELECT *
  2  FROM emp
  3  WHERE empno > 2;

     EMPNO ENAME      HIREDATE
---------- ---------- ---------
         3 WARD       22-FEB-81
         4 JONES      02-APR-81
         5 MARTIN     28-SEP-81

SQL>
SQL> SELECT *
  2  FROM emp
  3  WHERE empno <> 2;

     EMPNO ENAME      HIREDATE
---------- ---------- ---------
         1 SMITH      17-DEC-80
         3 WARD       22-FEB-81
         4 JONES      02-APR-81
         5 MARTIN     28-SEP-81

SQL>

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