Type of operator | Operator | Operation |
Concatenation | &, + | Concatenation |
Relational (Comparison) | = | Equal to (same as) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | <> | Not equal to (not same as) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | >< | Not equal to (not same as) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | < | Earlier in the sort order than |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | <= | Earlier in the sort order than or same as |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | =< | Earlier in the sort order than or same as |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | > | Later in the sort order than |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | >= | Later in the sort order than or same as |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | => | Later in the sort order than or same as |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Like | Contains (substring matching with wildcards) |