BETWEEN predicate (degree > 1)

Applies to ✅ Open Source Edition ✅ Express Edition ✅ Professional Edition ✅ Enterprise Edition

The SQL BETWEEN predicate also works well for row value expressions. Much like the BETWEEN predicate for degree 1, it is defined in terms of a pair of regular comparison predicates:

A BETWEEN           B AND C
A BETWEEN SYMMETRIC B AND C

 A >= B AND A <= C
(A >= B AND A <= C) OR (A >= C AND A <= B)

The above can be factored out according to the rules listed in the manual's section about row value expression comparison predicates.

jOOQ supports the BETWEEN [SYMMETRIC] predicate and emulates it in all SQL dialects where necessary. An example is given here:

row(BOOK.ID, BOOK.TITLE).between(1, "A").and(10, "Z");

Dialect support

This example using jOOQ:

row(BOOK.ID, BOOK.TITLE).between(1, "A").and(10, "Z")

Translates to the following dialect specific expressions:

-- ACCESS, ASE, DERBY, EXASOL, FIREBIRD, HANA, INFORMIX, MEMSQL, ORACLE, SQLDATAWAREHOUSE, SQLSERVER, SYBASE
(
  (
    BOOK.ID >= 1
    AND (
      BOOK.ID > 1
      OR (
        BOOK.ID = 1
        AND BOOK.TITLE >= 'A'
      )
    )
  )
  AND (
    BOOK.ID <= 10
    AND (
      BOOK.ID < 10
      OR (
        BOOK.ID = 10
        AND BOOK.TITLE <= 'Z'
      )
    )
  )
)

-- AURORA_MYSQL, MARIADB, MYSQL
(
  (BOOK.ID, BOOK.TITLE) >= (1, 'A')
  AND (BOOK.ID, BOOK.TITLE) <= (10, 'Z')
)

-- AURORA_POSTGRES, BIGQUERY, COCKROACHDB, DB2, H2, HSQLDB, POSTGRES, REDSHIFT, SNOWFLAKE, SQLITE, VERTICA, YUGABYTE
(BOOK.ID, BOOK.TITLE) BETWEEN (1, 'A') AND (10, 'Z')

-- TERADATA
(
  (BOOK.ID, BOOK.TITLE) >= (
    SELECT 1, 'A'
    FROM (
      SELECT 1 AS "dual"
    ) AS "dual"
  )
  AND (BOOK.ID, BOOK.TITLE) <= (
    SELECT 10, 'Z'
    FROM (
      SELECT 1 AS "dual"
    ) AS "dual"
  )
)

(These are currently generated with jOOQ 3.16, see #10141), or translate your own on our website

The jOOQ User Manual : SQL building : Conditional expressions : BETWEEN predicate (degree > 1)

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