Comparison functions ------------------ Comparison functions always return 0 or 1 (Uint8). The following types can be compared: * numbers * strings and fixed strings * dates * dates with times within each group, but not between different groups. For example, you can't compare a date with a string. You have to use a function to convert the string to a date, or vice versa. Strings are compared by bytes. A shorter string is smaller than all strings that start with it and that contain at least one more character. Note: before version 1.1.54134 signed and unsigned numbers were compared the same way as in C++. That is, you could got an incorrect result in such cases: SELECT 9223372036854775807 > -1. From version 1.1.54134, the behavior has changed and numbers are compared mathematically correct. equals, a = b and a == b operator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ notEquals, a != b and a <> b operator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ less, < operator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ greater, > operator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ lessOrEquals, <= operator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ greaterOrEquals, >= operator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~