Query expressions for fragment elimination

A query expression (the expression in the WHERE clause) can consist of simple expressions, not simple expressions, and multiple expressions.

The database server considers only simple expressions or multiple simple expressions combined with certain operators for fragment elimination.

A simple expression consists of the following parts: 
column operator value
Simple Expression Part
Description
column
Is a single column name

The database server supports fragment elimination on all column types except columns that are defined with the NCHAR, NVARCHAR, BYTE, and TEXT data types.

operator
Must be an equality or range operator
value
Must be a literal or a host variable
The following examples show simple expressions: 
name = "Fred"
date < "08/25/2008"
value >= :my_val
The following examples are not simple expressions: 
unitcost * count > 4500
price <= avg(price)
result + 3 > :limit
The database server considers two types of simple expressions for fragment elimination, based on the operator:
  • Range expressions
  • Equality expressions