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# Nested Subqueries

A subquery is a select-from-where query that is nested within another query.

A common use of subqueries is to perform tests for set membership (in/not in), set comparisons and set cardinality.

Ex. to get the names of instructors who get a salary greater than that of at least one instructor in the Biology department:

```
select name from instructor where salary > some (select salary from instructor where dept_name='Biology')
```

Ex. to get the names of instructors who get a salary greater than that of all the instructors in the Biology department:

```
select name from instructor where salary > all (select salary from instructor where dept_name='Biology')
```


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