Predicate
From Oracle FAQ
A predicate is the syntax used to specify a subset of rows to be returned. Predicates are specified in the WHERE clause of a SQL statement.
In the example below "EMPNO=7788" is a predicate:
SELECT * FROM emp WHERE empno = 7788;
The predicate in this example will evaluate to:
- true, if the empno column has a value of 7788;
- false, if the empno contains any other value (not '7788'); or
- unknown, if the empno column is NULL.
More complicated predicates can contain operators like:
- >, <, >=, <=, <> or !=
- IS NULL/ IS NOT NULL
- LIKE
- BETWEEN
- AND, OR, NOT
- Etc.
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