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Expressions, conditions, and queries : Subqueries : EXISTS predicate
 

EXISTS predicate

The EXISTS predicate is true only if the cardinality of the subquery is greater than 0 and is false otherwise.

Syntax 

EXISTS subquery

Example 

SELECT empno, ename, deptno FROM emp e
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT deptno FROM dept WHERE e.deptno = dept.deptno);