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Comparison conditions

Comparison conditions

- [Instructor] Let's learn about the comparison conditions. Usually there are large sets of data but we do not need the entire data every single time. Based on the requirement, we filter our data using the WHERE conditions. We can have one or multiple conditions in the WHERE. Let's take a look at an example to understand the WHERE condition and how it is used. I give SELECT emp number, name, salary FROM emp_tab WHERE salary greater than 3,000 and I run this. By giving this WHERE condition, we are eliminating all the unnecessary information and just fetching the data we need. In this case, we are fetching employee salaries that are greater than 3,000 only. Alias names cannot be given in the WHERE condition. If we give a condition value in the condition, then we need to keep the value in single quotes as it is case sensitive. If we are using dates, then we need to keep them in single quotes too as they are format…

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