Re: Definition please....

From: Morten <morten_at_kikobu.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:16:54 +0100
Message-ID: <3CA1AA26.60205_at_kikobu.com>


Tundra wrote:
> When refering to SQL statements what would a predicate be and would
> the Distinct keyword be considered a predicate?

A predicate is something that evaluates to either true or false. DISTINCT is a keyword. The predicates of your query are those that narrow down the result relation, they're mostly part of the WHERE clause. Eg:

--No predicates
SELECT id FROM table;

--A single predicate that evaluates to true/false and allows --the row conditions that evaluate to true. SELECT id FROM table
WHERE id > 100;

Morten Received on Wed Mar 27 2002 - 12:16:54 CET

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