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<h1 class="topictitle1">Simple Expressions</h1>
<div id="body8662426"><div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__sf77bb627053b43558147ac5663658a52"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Logical Expressions</h4><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__ac0ed512120fa4b2a86dd1a6ee7e0dd6f"><a href="dws_06_0028.html">Logical Operators</a> lists the operators and calculation rules of logical expressions.</p>
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<div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__s5dbd3d36dfe54b9abd38075cc957a05d"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Comparative Expressions</h4><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__ade6d51db1ee348979babe2451a2ef09d"><a href="dws_06_0029.html">Comparison Operators</a> lists the common comparative operators.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__a1aabddb870774dcf8c325200e7cccdb0">In addition to comparative operators, you can also use the following sentence structure:</p>
<ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__u377bbd2082b44778b3a7e20d6b654e19"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__lccb4a3855aff47d7a5c90a91277056e2">BETWEEN<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__p9301851347"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__lccb4a3855aff47d7a5c90a91277056e2"></a><a name="lccb4a3855aff47d7a5c90a91277056e2"></a>The operator BETWEEN...AND selects a data range between two values. These values can be numeric, text, or date.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__accbbe0acbb52443282df25346eb975e9">The expression <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__b15171222093">a BETWEEN x AND y</strong> is equivalent to the expression <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__b3114691090">a &gt;= x AND a &lt;= y</strong>.</p>
<div class="codecoloring" codetype="Sql" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__screen54302050185110"><div class="highlight"><table class="highlighttable"><tr><td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre><span class="normal"> 1</span>
<span class="normal"> 2</span>
<span class="normal"> 3</span>
<span class="normal"> 4</span>
<span class="normal"> 5</span>
<span class="normal"> 6</span>
<span class="normal"> 7</span>
<span class="normal"> 8</span>
<span class="normal"> 9</span>
<span class="normal">10</span>
<span class="normal">11</span></pre></div></td><td class="code"><div><pre><span></span><span class="k">SELECT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">BETWEEN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AND</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">RESULT</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">result</span><span class="w"> </span>
<span class="c1">----------</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">SELECT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&gt;=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AND</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">RESULT</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">result</span><span class="w"> </span>
<span class="c1">----------</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
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<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__a8c519a4bf34847b089491f0114297b78"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__b20413371118429">a NOT BETWEEN x AND y</strong> is equivalent to <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__b19352803048429">a &lt; x OR a &gt; y</strong>.</p>
<div class="codecoloring" codetype="Sql" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__screen99001349292"><div class="highlight"><table class="highlighttable"><tr><td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre><span class="normal"> 1</span>
<span class="normal"> 2</span>
<span class="normal"> 3</span>
<span class="normal"> 4</span>
<span class="normal"> 5</span>
<span class="normal"> 6</span>
<span class="normal"> 7</span>
<span class="normal"> 8</span>
<span class="normal"> 9</span>
<span class="normal">10</span>
<span class="normal">11</span></pre></div></td><td class="code"><div><pre><span></span><span class="k">SELECT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">NOT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">BETWEEN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AND</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">RESULT</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">result</span><span class="w"> </span>
<span class="c1">----------</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">SELECT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">OR</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">RESULT</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">result</span><span class="w"> </span>
<span class="c1">----------</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
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</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__l7ed425bdcb374e62ab2d39c9021b1a94">To check whether a value is null, use:<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__ac3ce0b9487a84173b188a1587e1d9971"><a name="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__l7ed425bdcb374e62ab2d39c9021b1a94"></a><a name="l7ed425bdcb374e62ab2d39c9021b1a94"></a>expression<em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__a4ec5e963903446feae8ebe82b2a3914c"> </em>IS NULL</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__a779e14aa202d45178723dd692c0c1b6e">expression IS NOT NULL</p>
<div class="codecoloring" codetype="Sql" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__screen183151350122913"><div class="highlight"><table class="highlighttable"><tr><td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre><span class="normal"> 1</span>
<span class="normal"> 2</span>
<span class="normal"> 3</span>
<span class="normal"> 4</span>
<span class="normal"> 5</span>
<span class="normal"> 6</span>
<span class="normal"> 7</span>
<span class="normal"> 8</span>
<span class="normal"> 9</span>
<span class="normal">10</span>
<span class="normal">11</span></pre></div></td><td class="code"><div><pre><span></span><span class="k">SELECT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">IS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">NULL</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">RESULT</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">result</span><span class="w"> </span>
<span class="c1">----------</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">SELECT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">IS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">NOT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">NULL</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">RESULT</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">result</span><span class="w"> </span>
<span class="c1">----------</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
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<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__a0ffa5775a4a44c34a6570f74151ebb02">or an equivalent (non-standard) sentence structure:</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__ad530f0510c5340f69ce7ef4752387ca2">expression<em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__ad179abd144474337a947e36cee612d7f"> </em> ISNULL</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__a92428f5bcfd7423295e6fa00e259f030">expression NOTNULL</p>
<div class="notice" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__note833102518313"><span class="noticetitle"><img src="public_sys-resources/notice_3.0-en-us.png"> </span><div class="noticebody"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__p1534142533110">Do not write <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__b6036780498429">expression=NULL</strong> or <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__b13276339778429">expression&lt;&gt;(!=)NULL</strong>, because <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__b18605117848429">NULL</strong> represents an unknown value, and these expressions cannot determine whether two unknown values are equal.</p>
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<div class="codecoloring" codetype="Sql" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__screen5731010163020"><div class="highlight"><table class="highlighttable"><tr><td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre><span class="normal"> 1</span>
<span class="normal"> 2</span>
<span class="normal"> 3</span>
<span class="normal"> 4</span>
<span class="normal"> 5</span>
<span class="normal"> 6</span>
<span class="normal"> 7</span>
<span class="normal"> 8</span>
<span class="normal"> 9</span>
<span class="normal">10</span>
<span class="normal">11</span></pre></div></td><td class="code"><div><pre><span></span><span class="k">SELECT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">ISNULL</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">RESULT</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">result</span><span class="w"> </span>
<span class="c1">----------</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">SELECT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">NOTNULL</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">RESULT</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">result</span><span class="w"> </span>
<span class="c1">----------</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
</div>
<div class="codecoloring" codetype="Sql" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001188588968__screen9283923133014"><div class="highlight"><table class="highlighttable"><tr><td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre><span class="normal"> 1</span>
<span class="normal"> 2</span>
<span class="normal"> 3</span>
<span class="normal"> 4</span>
<span class="normal"> 5</span>
<span class="normal"> 6</span>
<span class="normal"> 7</span>
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<span class="normal">10</span>
<span class="normal">11</span></pre></div></td><td class="code"><div><pre><span></span><span class="k">SELECT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">IS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">DISTINCT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">FROM</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">NULL</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">RESULT</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">result</span><span class="w"> </span>
<span class="c1">----------</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">SELECT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">IS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">NOT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">DISTINCT</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">FROM</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">NULL</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">AS</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">RESULT</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">result</span><span class="w"> </span>
<span class="c1">----------</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">row</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div></td></tr></table></div>
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