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What is the difference between the "WHERE" clause and the "HAVING" clause?

5/5/2022
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What is the difference between the "WHERE" clause and the "HAVING" clause?

What is the difference between the "WHERE" clause and the "HAVING" clause?

  1. WHERE clause can be used with a Select, Update and Delete Statement Clause but the HAVING clause can be used only with a Select statement.
  2. We can't use an aggregate functions in the WHERE clause unless it is in a sub-query contained in a HAVING clause whereas we can use an aggregate function in the  HAVING clause. We can use a column name in the HAVING clause but the column must be contained in the group by clause.
  3.  WHERE is used before the GROUP BY clause whereas a HAVING clause is used to impose a condition on the GROUP Function and is used after the GROUP BY clause in the query.
  4.  A WHERE clause applies to each and every row whereas a HAVING clause applies to summarized rows (summarized with GROUP BY).
  5.  In the WHERE clause the data that is fetched from memory depending on a condition whereas in HAVING the completed data is first fetched and then separated  depending on the condition.

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