Can Having clause be used without Group by clause?

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Can Having clause be used without Group by clause?..

Answer / phani

we can use, but select columns and having columns should
use with aggregare functions

ex:
select max(empid), min(marks)
from employee
having max(empid_id)>100

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Can Having clause be used without Group by clause?..

Answer / debasish

we can use having clause without group bu clause .but it
will act as where clause

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Can Having clause be used without Group by clause?..

Answer / sumathy

HAVING Clause
Specifies a search condition for a group or an aggregate.
HAVING is usually used with the GROUP BY clause. When GROUP
BY is not used, HAVING behaves like a WHERE clause.

Reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa259187
(SQL.80).aspx

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Can Having clause be used without Group by clause?..

Answer / pradip jain

select max(empno) from dbo.Employee having count(EmpNo)=9

it has no meaning so it will show zero record

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Can Having clause be used without Group by clause?..

Answer / shailesh yadav

Yes HAVING caluse can be use without GROUP BY. the SQL HAVING clause is often used with the GROUP BY clause. If the GROUP BY clause is omitted, the MySQL HAVING clause behaves like the WHERE clause. Notice that the MySQL HAVING clause applies the condition to each group of rows, while the WHERE clause applies the condition to each individual row.

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Can Having clause be used without Group by clause?..

Answer / anilreddy

No,we can not use.If there is Having it must followed by Group By

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