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SQL Functionality for the Driver for Apache Hive : SQL Expressions : Relational Operators
  
Relational Operators
Relational operators compare one expression to another.
The following table lists the supported relational operators.
Table 31. Relational Operators Supported with Apache Hive
Entry SQL Level Operator
Support in HiveQL
<>
Supported
<
Supported
<=
Supported
=
Supported
<=>
Supported (Hive versions 0.9 and higher)
>
Supported
>=
Supported
IS [NOT] NULL
Supported
[NOT] BETWEEN x AND y
Supported (Hive versions 0.9 and higher)
[NOT] IN
Supported
EXISTS
Supported
[NOT] LIKE
Supported, except that no collate clause is allowed
RLIKE
Supported
REGEXP
Supported