The operators ANY and ALL are always used in combination with one of the comparison operators.
The general syntax of both operators is
column operator [ANY | ALL] query
where operator stands for a comparison operator.
The ANY operator evaluates to true if the result of an inner query contains at least one row that satisfies the comparison.
12>
13>
14> CREATE TABLE employee(
15> id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
16> first_name VARCHAR(10),
17> last_name VARCHAR(10),
18> salary DECIMAL(10,2),
19> start_Date DATETIME,
20> region VARCHAR(10),
21> city VARCHAR(20)
22> );
23> GO
1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, 'Jason' , 'Martin', 5890,'2005-03-22','North','Vancouver');
2> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, 'Alison', 'Mathews',4789,'2003-07-21','South','Utown');
3> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, 'James' , 'Smith', 6678,'2001-12-01','North','Paris');
4> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, 'Celia' , 'Rice', 5567,'2006-03-03','South','London');
5> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, 'Robert', 'Black', 4467,'2004-07-02','East','Newton');
6> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, 'Linda' , 'Green' , 6456,'2002-05-19','East','Calgary');
7> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, 'David' , 'Larry', 5345,'2008-03-18','West','New York');
8> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, 'James' , 'Cat', 4234,'2007-07-17','West','Regina');
9> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, 'Joan' , 'Act', 6123,'2001-04-16','North','Toronto');
10> GO
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
1> select * from employee;
2> GO
id first_name last_name salary start_Date region city
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------------------- ---------- --------------------
1 Jason Martin 5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North Vancouver
2 Alison Mathews 4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South Utown
3 James Smith 6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North Paris
4 Celia Rice 5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South London
5 Robert Black 4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East Newton
6 Linda Green 6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East Calgary
7 David Larry 5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West New York
8 James Cat 4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West Regina
9 Joan Act 6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North Toronto
(9 rows affected)
1>
2> CREATE TABLE title(
3> id INTEGER,
4> job_title VARCHAR(20)
5> );
6> GO
1> INSERT INTO title VALUES (1, 'developer');
2> INSERT INTO title VALUES (1, 'manager');
3> INSERT INTO title VALUES (2, 'tester');
4> INSERT INTO title VALUES (2, 'programmer');
5> INSERT INTO title VALUES (3, 'boss');
6> INSERT INTO title VALUES (4, 'sales');
7> INSERT INTO title VALUES (5, 'market');
8> INSERT INTO title VALUES (6, 'coder');
9> INSERT INTO title VALUES (7, 'tester');
10> INSERT INTO title VALUES (8, 'developer');
11> INSERT INTO title VALUES (9, 'manager');
12> GO
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> SELECT * FROM employee
4> WHERE id > ANY
5> (SELECT id
6> FROM title)
7> GO
id first_name last_name salary start_Date region city
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------------------- ---------- --------------------
2 Alison Mathews 4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South Utown
3 James Smith 6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North Paris
4 Celia Rice 5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South London
5 Robert Black 4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East Newton
6 Linda Green 6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East Calgary
7 David Larry 5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West New York
8 James Cat 4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West Regina
9 Joan Act 6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North Toronto
(8 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table employee;
3> drop table title;
4> GO