Oracle BETWEEN condition.

Preamble

Oracle BETWEEN condition (also called BETWEEN operator) is used to obtain values within a range in SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE sentences.

Syntax of BETWEEN condition in Oracle/PLSQL

expression BETWEEN value1 AND value2;

Parameters and arguments of the condition

• expression – Column or calculation.
• value1 and value2 – Two values that create an inclusion range with which the expression is compared.

Note:
The Oracle BETWEEN condition will return records where the expression is within the range from value1 to value2 (inclusive).

Example with numbers

Consider a couple of examples of Oracle BETWEEN conditions using numerical values. The following example uses the BETWEEN condition to obtain values within a numerical range.

For example:

SELECT *
FROM customers
WHERE customer_id BETWEEN 4000 AND 4999;

This BETWEEN example will return all rows from the customer_id table where customer_id is between 4000 and 4999 (inclusive). This is equivalent to the next SELECT:

SELECT *
FROM customers
WHERE customer_id >= 4000
AND customer_id <= 4999;

Example with dates

Next, let’s look at an example of how you will use Oracle BETWEEN with dates. In the following example, the BETWEEN condition is used to obtain values within the date range.

For example:

SELECT *
FROM order_details
WHERE order_date BETWEEN TO_DATE ('01.10.2016', 'dd.mm.yyyy')
AND TO_DATE ('31.10.2016', 'dd.mm.yyyy');

This BETWEEN example will return all entries from the order_details table where order_date is in the date range of October 1, 2016 and October 31, 2016 (inclusive). This is equivalent to the following SELECT sentence:

SELECT *
FROM order_details
WHERE order_date >= TO_DATE('01.10.2016', 'dd.mm.yyyy')
AND order_date <= TO_DATE('31.10.2016', 'dd.mm.yyyy');

Example of using the NOT operator

Oracle condition BETWEEN can be combined with Oracle operator NOT. Below is an example of how a BETWEEN condition can be combined with the NOT operator.

For example:

SELECT *
FROM customers
WHERE customer_id NOT BETWEEN 3000 AND 3500;

This Oracle BETWEEN example will return all rows from the customer_id table where customer_id is not between 3000 and 3500 (inclusive). This is equivalent to the following SELECT sentence:

SELECT *
FROM customers
WHERE customer_id < 3000
OR customer_id > 3500;

Oracle SQL Tutorial; Date column in where condition

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