Predicates

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Managed Instance

A predicate is an expression that evaluates to TRUE, FALSE, or UNKNOWN. Predicates are used in the search condition of WHERE clauses and HAVING clauses, the join conditions of FROM clauses, and other constructs where a Boolean value is required.

SQL Server provides the following predicates:

• CONTAINS
• FREETEXT
• IS [NOT] DISTINCT FROM
• IS [NOT] NULL

See also

• BETWEEN (Transact-SQL)
• EXISTS (Transact-SQL)
• IN (Transact-SQL)
• LIKE (Transact-SQL)
• Search Condition (Transact-SQL)