The SQL ANY Operator
The ANY operator is used to compare a value to every value returned by a subquery.
The ANY operator evaluates to TRUE if at least one value in the subquery result-set meet the condition.
ANY Syntax
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE
column_name operator ANY (subquery);
Note: The operator must be a standard comparison operator (=, <>, !=, >, >=, <, or <=).
Demo Database
Below is a selection from the "Products" table in the Northwind sample database:
| ProductID | ProductName | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chais | 18.00 |
| 2 | Chang | 19.00 |
| 3 | Aniseed Syrup | 10.00 |
| 4 | Chef Anton's Cajun Seasoning | 22.00 |
And a selection from the "OrderDetails" table:
| OrderDetailID | ProductID | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2 | 42 | 10 |
| 3 | 72 | 5 |
| 4 | 14 | 9 |
SQL ANY Examples
The following SQL returns the ProductName if it finds ANY records in the "OrderDetails" table that has Quantity equal to 10 (this will return TRUE because the Quantity column has some values of 10):
Example
SELECT ProductName FROM Products
WHERE ProductID = ANY (
SELECT ProductID
FROM OrderDetails
WHERE Quantity = 10
);
The following SQL returns the ProductName if it finds ANY records in the "OrderDetails" table that has Quantity larger than 99 (this will return TRUE because the Quantity column has some values larger than 99):
Example
SELECT ProductName FROM Products
WHERE ProductID = ANY (
SELECT ProductID
FROM OrderDetails
WHERE Quantity > 99
);
The following SQL returns the ProductName if it finds ANY records in the "OrderDetails" table that has Quantity 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
);
