Purpose
Permits a more sophisticated and detailed query of a database through the use of nested SELECT queries.
Syntax: IN, NOT IN, ANY, SOME, and ALL Logical Predicates
Syntax Elements
- expression
- SQL expression.
- comparison_operator
- SQL comparison operator.
- IN (in_list)
- expression is either IN the parenthetically delimited list of values.
- NOT IN (in_list)
- expression is NOT IN the parenthetically delimited list of values.
- ANY
- The ANY logical quantifier.
- SOME
- The SOME logical quantifier.
- ALL
- The ALL logical quantifier.
- subquery
- SQL subquery.
Syntax: EXISTS Logical Expression
Syntax Elements
- EXISTS
- The EXISTS (∃) logical quantifier.
- subquery
- SQL subquery.
ANSI Compliance
Subqueries are ANSI SQL:2011-compliant.
Related Topics
For more information related to simple subqueries, see:
- Correlated Subqueries
- Scalar Subqueries
- “QUALIFY Clause”
- SQL Functions, Operators, Expressions, and Predicates