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Sub-Query in SELECT clause is nothing but providing SELECT statement in the place of column name. Sub query in SELECT should always return one value. It can be Independent query or it can be dependent by joining with one of table/view in from clause.

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Chapter 3: DDL
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In the above example we have provided SELECT STATEMENT in the place of column name which will return only single value. If we try to return multiple values, system will raise an error which is shown below.

Chapter 5: Constraints
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Output:ORA-01427: single-row sub query returns more than one row. In the above SELECT STATEMENT use of GROUP BY returns multiple values.

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Example2:In this example we are trying to fetch highest and lowest salary for each department.

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Chapter 8: DRL & Clauses

SELEC T Where C lause ORDER BY GROUP BY Having C lause

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Chapter 9: Operators
SQL Operators SQL Types of Operators IN & NOT IN

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BETWEEN, NOT BETWEEN LIKE, NOT LIKE IS NULL, IS NOT NULL C oncatenation ( || ) Operator

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Chapter 10: Relational Operators

Equals to (=) Operator Less than (<) Operator Greater than (>) Operator Less than or Equals to (<=) Operator Greater than or Equals to (>=) Operator Not Equals to ( != / ^= / <> ) Operator SQL IN Operator SQL BETWEEN Operator SQL LIKE Operator SQL IS NULL Operator SQL C oncatenation ( || ) Operator

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Chapter 11: Relational Negation Operators

SQL NOT LIKE Operator SQL Not Equals to ( != / ^= / <> ) Operator SQL NOT IN Operator SQL NOT BETWEEN Operator SQL IS NOT NULL Operator

Chapter 12: Logical Operators

Logical AND Operator Logical OR Operator Logical NOT Operator

Chapter 13: Arithmetic Operators

Multiplication (*) Operator Division ( / ) Operator Addition (+) Operator in SQL Subtraction (-) Operator

Chapter 14: Functions

String Functions Numeric Functions Date Functions C onversion Functions Group Functions

Chapter 15: Joins

What Is a Join? Inner Join (or) Simple Join (or) Equi Join Left Outer Join Right Outer Join Full Outer Join C ross Join Non-Equi Join

Chapter 16: Subqueries

Sub Query Sub Query In From C lause Sub Query In Select Clause Sub Query In Where C lause Nested Sub Queries

Chapter 17: Set Operators

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Index Unique Index Non Unique Indexes C omposite Index Function Based Index

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Chapter 20: Sequence

What Is Sequence? Using A Sequence Altering And Dropping The Sequence

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