Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Tell Us What You Think!
- Introduction
- Part I: A SQL Concepts Overview
- Hour 1. Welcome to the World of SQL
- Part II: Building Your Database
- Hour 2. Defining Data Structures
- Hour 3. Managing Database Objects
- Hour 4. The Normalization Process
- Hour 5. Manipulating Data
- Hour 6. Managing Database Transactions
- Part III: Getting Effective Results from Queries
- Hour 7. Introduction to the Database Query
- Hour 8. Using Operators to Categorize Data
- Hour 9. Summarizing Data Results from a Query
- Hour 10. Sorting and Grouping Data
- Hour 11. Restructuring the Appearance of Data
- Hour 12. Understanding Dates and Times
- Part IV: Building Sophisticated Database Queries
- Hour 13. Joining Tables in Queries
- Hour 14. Using Subqueries to Define Unknown Data
- Hour 15. Combining Multiple Queries into One
- Part V: SQL Performance Tuning
- Hour 16. Using Indexes to Improve Performance
- Hour 17. Improving Database Performance
- Part VI: Using SQL to Manage Users and Security
- Hour 18. Managing Database Users
- Hour 19. Managing Database Security
- Part VII: Summarized Data Structures
- Hour 20. Creating and Using Views and Synonyms
- Hour 21. Working with the System Catalog
- Part VIII: Applying SQL Fundamentals in Today's World
- Hour 22. Advanced SQL Topics
- Hour 23. Extending SQL to the Enterprise, the Internet, and the Intranet
- Hour 24. Extensions to Standard SQL
- Part IX: Appendixes
- Appendix A. Common SQL Commands
- Appendix B. Using MySQL for Exercises
- Appendix C. Answers to Quizzes and Exercises
- Appendix D. CREATE TABLE Statements for Book Examples
- Appendix E. INSERT Statements for Data in Book Examples
- Appendix F. Glossary
- Appendix G. Bonus Exercises
What Is an Operator in SQL?
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An operator is a reserved word or a character used primarily in a SQL statement's WHERE clause to perform operation(s), such as comparisons and arithmetic operations. Operators are used to specify conditions in a SQL statement and to serve as conjunctions for multiple conditions in a statement. |
The operators discussed during this hour are
- Comparison operators
- Logical operators
- Operators used to negate conditions
- Arithmetic operators
Comparison Operators | Next Section
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