Francisco Figueiredo Jr. wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I was playing with "in (...)" and "= any (...)" queries and found a
> difference between them and I wonder:
>
> why this works:
>
> select * from table_of_integers where integer_column = any (array[5,6]);
This checks if integer_column matches any value in the specified array.
> select * from table_of_integers where integer_column in (array[5,6]);
This checks if integer_column IS an array[5,6] (which it isn't).
You probably want ... IN (5,6)
> SOME is a synonym for ANY. IN is equivalent to = ANY.
I think this is probably talking with respect to sub-queries.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd