WHERE Conditions in ABAP Statements

... a = b ...
... a EQ b ...

The content of two operands is equal.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE animal = 'bear' 
  INTO TABLE @it.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE animal EQ 'bear' 
  INTO TABLE @it.  

... a <> b ...
... a NE b ...

The content of two operands is not equal.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE animal <> 'bear' 
  INTO TABLE @it.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE animal NE 'bear' 
  INTO TABLE @it.

... a < b ...
... a LT b ...

The content of the left operand is less than the content of the right operand.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE count < 15 
  INTO TABLE @it.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE count LT 15 
  INTO TABLE @it.

... a > b ...
... a GT b ...

The content of the left operand is greater than the content of the right operand.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE count > 15 
  INTO TABLE @it.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE count GT 15 
  INTO TABLE @it.

... a <= b ...
... a LE b ...

The content of the left operand is less than or equal to the content of the right operand.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE count <= 15 
  INTO TABLE @it.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE count LE 15 
  INTO TABLE @it.

... a >= b ...
... a GE b ...

The content of the left operand is greater than or equal to the content of the right operand.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE count >= 15 
  INTO TABLE @it.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab 
  WHERE count GE 15 
  INTO TABLE @it.

... AND [NOT] ...
... OR [NOT] ...
... ( ... ) ...

Combining multiple logical expressions into one logical expression using AND or OR (inlcuding negations). To further detail out the desired condition, expressions within parentheses are possible.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE animal = 'bear' AND count = 5
  INTO TABLE @it.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE animal = 'kangaroo' OR count = 4
  INTO TABLE @it.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE ( animal = 'bear' AND count = 5 )
  AND ( animal = 'lion' AND count = 20 )
  INTO TABLE @it.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE ( animal = 'bear' AND count = 5 )
  OR ( animal = 'lion' AND count = 20 )
  INTO TABLE @it.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count > 10
  OR NOT ( animal = 'kangaroo' AND count = 8 )
  INTO TABLE @it.  

... a [=|<>|>|<|...] [ALL|ANY|SOME] ( SELECT ... ) ...

The content of a single operand is compared with the result set of a scalar subquery using a comparison operator. Multiple subqueries can be included with UNION, INTERSECT, or EXCEPT. The additions ALL, ANY, and SOME can only be omitted if the subquery result set contains a single row. Otherwise, an exception occurs with a multi-row result set. One of the additions must be specified in the case of multi-row result set. For ALL, the expression is true if the comparison holds for all rows in the result set. For ANY or SOME, the expression is true if the comparison holds for at least one row. Using = or EQ with ANY or SOME is similar to using IN (SELECT ...).

"The following example assumes there is a single-row result set of the subquery.
SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count = ( SELECT key_field FROM zdemo_abap_tab1 WHERE num1 = 40 )
  INTO TABLE @it.

"ALL addition
SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count > ALL ( SELECT key_field FROM zdemo_abap_tab1 )
  INTO TABLE @it.    

"ANY addition
SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count = ANY ( SELECT key_field FROM zdemo_abap_tab1 WHERE num1 <= 40 )
  INTO TABLE @it.

"SOME addition (yields the same result as the previous statement)
SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count = SOME ( SELECT key_field FROM zdemo_abap_tab1 WHERE num1 <= 40 )
  INTO TABLE @it.

... a [NOT] BETWEEN b AND c ...

The content of the left operand is (not) between the value of the two other operands. The syntax variant is like specifying ... [NOT] ( a >= b AND a <= c ) ....

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count BETWEEN 1 AND 10
  INTO TABLE @it. 

"Negation with NOT
SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count NOT BETWEEN 1 AND 10
  INTO TABLE @it.       

... a [NOT] LIKE b [ESCAPE c] ...

Checks whether the content of the left operand matches (or does not match) a specified pattern. The pattern can be specified by using wildcard characters. % stands for any character string, including an empty string. _ stands for any character.
Using the ESCAPE addition, you can specify a single-character escape character of length 1 (e.g. #) in front of a wildcard character or the escaped character itself. For example, to search for the pattern 100%, you may use an expression such as the the following: ... LIKE '100#%' ESCAPE '#' ....

SELECT animal FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE animal LIKE '%ee%'
  OR animal LIKE '_e%'
  INTO TABLE @DATA(animals).

"Negation with NOT
SELECT animal FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE animal NOT LIKE '_e%'
  INTO TABLE @animals.

"ESCAPE addition
"The following example matches any character sequence followed 
"by the % character.
SELECT animal FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE animal LIKE '%#%' ESCAPE '#'
  INTO TABLE @animals. 

... a IS [NOT] INITIAL ...

Checks whether the content of an operand is (not) the initial value of its built-in DDIC type.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count IS INITIAL
  INTO TABLE @it. 

"Negation with NOT
SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count IS NOT INITIAL
  INTO TABLE @it. 

... a [NOT] IN (b, c, ...)...

Checks whether the content of the left operand is (not) contained in a set of a parenthesized, comma-separated list of values. You can also specify just one operand in the parentheses.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE animal IN ( 'elephant', 'gorilla', 'dog', 'snake' )
  INTO TABLE @it.
    
"Negation with NOT
SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE animal NOT IN ( 'chimpanzee', 'dog', 'snake' )
  INTO TABLE @it. 

"Blanks after the first parentheses and before the second are not mandatory.
"This also applies to blanks within the parentheses. However, choose either
"to use the blanks or not.
SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE animal IN ('elephant','gorilla','dog','snake')
  INTO TABLE @it.       

... a [NOT] IN ( SELECT ... ) ...

Checks whether the content of the left operand is (not) contained in the result set of a scalar subquery. Note that multiple subqueries can be included using UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count IN ( SELECT key_field FROM zdemo_abap_tab1 WHERE num1 <= 40 )
  INTO TABLE @it. 

"Negation with NOT
SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count NOT IN ( SELECT key_field FROM zdemo_abap_tab1 WHERE num1 <= 40 )
  INTO TABLE @it. 

... ( a, b, ... ) IN ( ( d, e, ... ) ( f, g, ...) ... ) ...

Checks whether each of the values of multiple operands in a parenthesized, comma-separated list on the left side of IN matches value tuples in the same place specified in parentheses on the right side of IN. Unlike the syntax option ... a [NOT] IN (b, c, ...) ..., this syntax option allows SQL expressions on the right side of IN. Note that a negation with NOT is not supported.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE ( id, animal ) IN ( ( 1, 'bear' ), ( 3, 'giraffe' ), ( 987, 'flamingo' ), ( 2, 'dog' ) )
  INTO TABLE @it. 

... ( a, b, ... ) IN ( SELECT ... ) ...

Checks whether each value of multiple operands in a parenthesized, comma-separated list on the left side of IN matches the content of a subquery result set. The result set must contain the same number of elements as specified in the parentheses on the left side of IN. As above, the position of elements in the result set is relevant. Note that multiple subqueries can be included using UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT, and that a negation with NOT is not supported.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE ( id, count ) IN ( SELECT key_field, num1 FROM zdemo_abap_tab1 )
  INTO TABLE @it. 

... a [NOT] IN @ranges_table ...

Checks whether the operand on the left side of IN matches (or does not match) ranges conditions specified in a ranges table. Note that the operators CP and NP are transformed into LIKE conditions (as a consequence, the conditions for CP and NP are case-sensitive).

DATA rangestab TYPE RANGE OF i.
"Value range between 1 and 10
rangestab = VALUE #( ( sign = 'I' option = 'BT' low = 1 high = 10 ) ).

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count IN @rangestab
  INTO TABLE @it. 

"Value range: Lower than 5 + greater than or equal to 25
rangestab = VALUE #( ( sign   = 'I' option = 'LT' low = 5 )
                     ( sign   = 'I' option = 'GE' low = 25  ) ).

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE count IN @rangestab
  INTO TABLE @it.

... EXISTS ( SELECT ... ) ...

Checks the result of a subquery. The comparison is true if the result set contains at least one row. Note that data source fields specified in the subquery are not relevant. You may also just use a single literal representing a column. Note that multiple subqueries can be included using UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT 'X' FROM zdemo_abap_tab1 WHERE key_field = tab~id )
  INTO TABLE @it.

... a IS [NOT] NULL ...

Checks whether the value of an operand is (not) the null value. Find more information in the executable example (which also includes the INDICATORS NULL STRUCTURE addition to the INTO clause) and in the ABAP Keyword Documentation.

SELECT tab2~key_field, tab1~char2
  FROM zdemo_abap_tab2 AS tab2
  LEFT OUTER JOIN zdemo_abap_tab1 AS tab1 ON tab1~char1 = tab2~char1
  WHERE tab1~char1 IS NULL
  INTO TABLE @DATA(joined_tab).

"Negation IS NOT NULL
SELECT tab2~key_field, tab1~char2
  FROM zdemo_abap_tab2 AS tab2
  LEFT OUTER JOIN zdemo_abap_tab1 AS tab1 ON tab1~char1 = tab2~char1
  WHERE tab1~char1 IS NOT NULL
  INTO TABLE @joined_tab.  

... (dynamic_where_clause) ...

Dynamic WHERE condition specified as parenthesized data objects. These data objects should contain the syntax of a logical expression. As dynamic_where_clause, a character-like data object or a standard table with character-like line type is expected. The syntax is not case-sensitive. For more information, see the Dynamic Programming cheat sheet, also with respect to potential security risks regarding dynamic specifications.

DATA(dynamic_where_clause) = `count > 15`.

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE (dynamic_where_clause)
  INTO TABLE @it. 

DATA(dyn_where_cl_as_tab) = VALUE string_table( ( `animal = 'kangaroo'` )
                                                ( `OR` )
                                                ( `count = 4` ) ).

SELECT id FROM @itab AS tab
  WHERE (dyn_where_cl_as_tab)
  INTO TABLE @it.