MySQL ANY, ALL

The MySQL ANY and ALL Operators

The ANY and ALL operators enable comparisons between a single column value and a range of other values.

The ANY Operator

The ANY operator:

• returns a boolean value as a result
• evaluates to TRUE if any of the values from the subquery satisfy the condition.

ANY means that the condition will evaluate to true if it holds for any of the values within the specified range or set.

ANY Syntax

SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator ANY   (SELECT column_name   FROM table_name   WHERE condition);

Note: The operator used with ANY must be a standard comparison operator (=, <>, !=, >, >=, <, or <=).

The ALL Operator

The ALL operator:

• Returns a boolean value as a result.
• Returns TRUE if all of the values from the subquery meet the specified condition.
• Can be used with SELECT, WHERE, and HAVING statements.

ALL means that the condition will be true only if it holds true for all values in the specified range or set.

ALL Syntax With SELECT

SELECT ALL column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE condition;

ALL Syntax With WHERE or HAVING

SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator ALL   (SELECT column_name   FROM table_name   WHERE condition);

Note: The operator used with ALL must be a standard comparison operator (=, <>, !=, >, >=, <, or <=).

Demo Database

Here is a portion of the “Products” table in the Northwind sample database:

ProductID	ProductName	SupplierID	CategoryID	Unit	Price
1	Chais	1	1	10 boxes x 20 bags	18
2	Chang	1	1	24 – 12 oz bottles	19
3	Aniseed Syrup	1	2	12 – 550 ml bottles	10
4	Chef Anton’s Cajun Seasoning	2	2	48 – 6 oz jars	22
5	Chef Anton’s Gumbo Mix	2	2	36 boxes	21.35
6	Grandma’s Boysenberry Spread	3	2	12 – 8 oz jars	25
7	Uncle Bob’s Organic Dried Pears	3	7	12 – 1 lb pkgs.	30
8	Northwoods Cranberry Sauce	3	2	12 – 12 oz jars	40
9	Mishi Kobe Niku	4	6	18 – 500 g pkgs.	97

Here is a portion of the “OrderDetails” table:

 

OrderDetailID	OrderID	ProductID	Quantity
1	10248	11	12
2	10248	42	10
3	10248	72	5
4	10249	14	9
5	10249	51	40
6	10250	41	10
7	10250	51	35
8	10250	65	15
9	10251	22	6
10	10251	57	15

SQL ANY Examples

The following SQL statement lists the ProductName if it finds any records in the OrderDetails table where the Quantity is equal to 10 (this will return TRUE because the Quantity column contains some values of 10):

Example

SELECT ProductName FROM Products WHERE ProductID = ANY   (SELECT ProductID   FROM OrderDetails   WHERE Quantity = 10);

The following SQL statement lists the ProductName if it finds any records in the OrderDetails table where the Quantity is larger than 99 (this will return TRUE because the Quantity column contains some values larger than 99):

Example

SELECT ProductName FROM Products WHERE ProductID = ANY   (SELECT ProductID   FROM OrderDetails   WHERE Quantity > 99);

The following SQL statement lists the ProductName if it finds any records in the OrderDetails table where the Quantity is larger than 1000 (this will return FALSE because the Quantity column has no values larger than 1000):

Example

SELECT ProductName FROM Products WHERE ProductID = ANY   (SELECT ProductID   FROM OrderDetails   WHERE Quantity > 1000);

SQL ALL Examples

The following SQL statement lists all the product names:

Example

SELECT ALL ProductName FROM Products WHERE TRUE;

The following SQL statement lists the ProductName if all records in the OrderDetails table have Quantity equal to 10. This will return FALSE because the Quantity column contains many different values, not just the value of 10.

Example

SELECT ProductName FROM Products WHERE ProductID = ALL   (SELECT ProductID   FROM OrderDetails   WHERE Quantity = 10);