{"id":6382,"date":"2024-03-14T04:10:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T04:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-does-an-oracle-determine-if-two-column-values-are-equal\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T02:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T02:54:47","slug":"how-does-an-oracle-determine-if-two-column-values-are-equal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-does-an-oracle-determine-if-two-column-values-are-equal\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Column Comparison: Check Equality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Oracle, comparison operators (such as =) can be used to determine if the values in two columns are equal. Here is an example query to check if the values in two columns are equal:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>SELECT column1, column2\r\nFROM table_name\r\nWHERE column1 = column2;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, assume table_name is a table containing columns column1 and column2. 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