Comparison Functions and Operators Overview

Name	Description
>	Greater than operator
>=	Greater than or equal operator
<	Less than operator
<>,!=	Not equal operator
<=	Less than or equal operator
=	Equal operator
BETWEEN ... AND ...	Whether a value is within a range of values
COALESCE	Return the first non-null value in a list
IN()	Whether a value is within a set of values
IS	Test a value against a boolean
IS NOT	Test a value against a boolean
IS NOT NULL	NOT NULL value test
IS NULL	NULL value test
ISNULL	NULL value test
LIKE	Simple pattern matching
ILIKE	Simple pattern matching. Same as LIKE. But it is not case sensitive.
NOT BETWEEN ... AND ...	Whether a value is not within a range of values
NOT IN	shorthand for multiple XOR conditions.
NOT LIKE	Negation of simple pattern matching

Comparison operations result in a value of TRUE, FALSE, or NULL. These operations work for both numbers and strings. Strings are automatically converted to numbers and numbers to strings as necessary.

The following relational comparison operators can be used to compare not only scalar operands, but row operands:

=  >  <  >=  <=  <>  !=