SQL WHERE ANY, ALL Clause

 ANY and ALL keywords are used with a WHERE or HAVING clause.
 ANY and ALL operate on subqueries that return multiple values.
 ANY returns true if any of the subquery values meet the condition.
 ALL returns true if all of the subquery values meet the condition.

The SQL WHERE ANY and ALL syntax

The general ANY syntax is:

1. SELECT column-names
2. FROM table-name
3. WHERE column-name operator ANY
4. (SELECT column-name
5. FROM table-name
6. WHERE condition)

The general ALL syntax is:

1. SELECT column-names
2. FROM table-name
3. WHERE column-name operator ALL
4. (SELECT column-name
5. FROM table-name
6. WHERE condition)
 PRODUCT
Id
ProductName
SupplierId
UnitPrice
Package
IsDiscontinued
ORDERITEM
Id
OrderId
ProductId
UnitPrice
Quantity

SQL ANY Example

Problem: Which products were sold by the unit (i.e. quantity = 1)

1. SELECT ProductName
2. FROM Product
3. WHERE Id = ANY
4. (SELECT ProductId
5. FROM OrderItem
6. WHERE Quantity = 1)

Results: 17 records
ProductName

Chef Anton's Cajun Seasoning

Grandma's Boysenberry Spread

Uncle Bob's Organic Dried Pears

Ikura

Konbu

Tofu

Teatime Chocolate Biscuits

Sir Rodney's Marmalade

CUSTOMER
Id
FirstName
LastName
City
Country
Phone
ORDER
Id
 OrderDate
OrderNumber
CustomerId
TotalAmount

SQL ALL Example

Problem: List customers who placed orders that are

larger than the average of each customer order

1. SELECT DISTINCT FirstName + ' ' + LastName as CustomerName

2. FROM Customer, [Order]
3. WHERE Customer.Id = [Order].CustomerId
4. AND TotalAmount > ALL
5. (SELECT AVG(TotalAmount)
6. FROM [Order]
7. GROUP BY CustomerId)

Results: 22 records

CustomerName

Art Braunschweiger

Christina Berglund

Elizabeth Lincoln
Frédérique Citeaux

Georg Pipps

Horst Kloss

Howard Snyder