Relational operators (Transact-SQL)
A relational operator is a syntax element that can accept one or more named or unnamed input parameters and returns a result set. Relational operators are used as table source in a DML statement.
SQL Server implements the following relational operators:
- GENERATE_SERIES (Transact-SQL)
- OPENDATASOURCE (Transact-SQL)
- OPENQUERY (Transact-SQL)
- OPENROWSET (Transact-SQL)
- OPENXML (Transact-SQL)
- OPENJSON (Transact-SQL)
- PREDICT (Transact-SQL)
- STRING_SPLIT (Transact-SQL)
Use
Use a relational operator like a table-valued function in a query or T-SQL statement.