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EXISTS Operator
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The SQL EXISTS Operator


The EXISTS operator is used to test for the existence of any record in a subquery.

The EXISTS operator returns TRUE if the subquery returns one or more records.

EXISTS Syntax
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE EXISTS
(SELECT column_name FROM table_name WHERE condition);

Demo Database
Below is a selection from the "Products" table in the Northwind sample
database:

ProductID ProductName SupplierID CategoryID Unit

1 Chais 1 1 10 boxes x 2

2 Chang 1 1 24 - 12 oz bo
3 Aniseed Syrup 1 2 12 - 550 ml b

4 Chef Anton's Cajun Seasoning 2 2 48 - 6 oz jars

5 Chef Anton's Gumbo Mix 2 2 36 boxes

And a selection from the "Suppliers" table:

SupplierI SupplierName ContactName Address City P


D e

1 Exotic Liquid Charlotte 49 Gilbert St. London E


Cooper

2 New Orleans Cajun Shelley Burke P.O. Box 78934 New 7


Delights Orleans

3 Grandma Kelly's Regina Murphy 707 Oxford Rd. Ann Arbor 4


Homestead

4 Tokyo Traders Yoshi Nagase 9-8 Sekimai Musashino- Tokyo 1


shi

SQL EXISTS Examples


The following SQL statement returns TRUE and lists the suppliers with a product
price less than 20:

Example
SELECT SupplierName
FROM Suppliers
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT ProductName FROM Products WHERE Products.SupplierID
= Suppliers.supplierID AND Price < 20);
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The following SQL statement returns TRUE and lists the suppliers with a product
price equal to 22:

Example
SELECT SupplierName
FROM Suppliers
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT ProductName FROM Products WHERE Products.SupplierID
= Suppliers.supplierID AND Price = 22);
Try it Yourself »

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