Oracle: '= ANY()' vs. 'IN ()'

Question

I just stumbled upon something in ORACLE SQL (not sure if it\'s in others), that I am curious about. I am asking here as a wiki, since it\'s hard to try to search symbols in

Answer 1

The ANY syntax allows you to write things like

WHERE x > ANY(a, b, c)

or event

WHERE x > ANY(SELECT ... FROM ...)

Not sure whether there actually is anyone on the planet who uses ANY (and its brother ALL).