2.12.4 Comparison Functions and Operators

The following table shows supported comparison functions and operators. The VARLEN Support column identifies functions and operators that support variable-length encoded string columns. See Section 2.7.1, “Encoding String Columns”.

Table 2.4 Comparison Functions and Operators

Name	VARLEN Support	Description
BETWEEN ... AND ...	Yes	Check whether a value is within a range of values
COALESCE()	Yes	Return the first non-NULL argument. Not supported as a JOIN predicate.
=	Yes	Equal operator
<=>		NULL-safe equal to operator
>	Yes	Greater than operator
>=	Yes	Greater than or equal operator
GREATEST()	Yes	Return the largest argument
IN()	Yes	Check whether a value is within a set of values. expr IN (value,...) comparisons where the expression is a single value and compared values are constants of the same data type and encoding are optimized for performance. For example, the following IN() comparison is optimized: SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Country IN ('Germany', 'France', 'Spain');
IS		Test a value against a boolean
IS NOT		Test a value against a boolean
IS NOT NULL	Yes	NOT NULL value test
IS NULL	Yes	NULL value test
ISNULL()		Test whether the argument is NULL
LEAST()	Yes	Return the smallest argument
<	Yes	Less than operator
<=	Yes	Less than or equal operator
LIKE	Yes	Simple pattern matching
NOT BETWEEN ... AND ...	Yes	Check whether a value is not within a range of values
!=, <>	Yes	Not equal operator
NOT IN()	Yes	Check whether a value is not within a set of values
NOT LIKE	Yes	Negation of simple pattern matching
STRCMP()	Yes	Compare two strings.