diff --git a/atom b/atom
index d0fc6fe..2465ac4 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -231,13 +231,14 @@ closeDatabase() {
 }
 
 Select() {
-#Select table [col1 [col2 [..]]] <	WHERE_key WHERE_value
-#					[WHERE_key WHERE_value
+#Select table [col1 [col2 [..]]] <	WHERE_key WHERE_operator WHERE_value
+#					[WHERE_key WHERE_operator WHERE_value
 #					[…]]
 	local			\
 		table="$1"	\
 		col		\
 		columns		\
+		operator	\
 		results		\
 		where_statement
 	shift
@@ -246,15 +247,10 @@ Select() {
 		(( ${#columns} )) && columns+=','
 		columns+="$col"
 	done
-	while read key value
+	while read key operator value
 	do
 		(( ${#where_statement} )) && where_statement+=( "AND" )
-		if [[ $value == NULL ]]
-		then
-			where_statement+=( "$key is NULL" )
-		else
-			where_statement+=( "$key="'"'"${value//\"/\\\"}"'"' )
-		fi
+		where_statement+=( "$key $operator "'"'"${value//\"/\\\"}"'"' )
 	done
 	echo	"SELECT IFNULL("				\
 			"(SELECT $columns FROM $table"		\
@@ -262,7 +258,6 @@ Select() {
 			",'SQL::Select:not found'"		\
 		");" >&3
 	read -u 4 results
-	results="${results#* = }"
 	if ! [[ $results == "SQL::Select:not found" ]]
 	then
 		echo "$results"
@@ -299,18 +294,18 @@ Insert() {
 	(( no_id )) || {
 		echo 'SELECT LAST_INSERT_ROWID();' >&3
 		read -u 4 results
-		results="${results#* = }"
 		echo "$results"
 	}
 }
 Update(){
-#Update table set_key set_value [set_key set_value […]] <	where_key where_value
-#								[where_key where_value
+#Update table set_key set_value [set_key set_value […]] <	where_key where_operator where_value
+#								[where_key where_operator where_value
 #								[…]]
 	local			\
 		table="$1"	\
 		key		\
 		argument	\
+		operator	\
 		value		\
 		set_statement	\
 		where_keys	\
@@ -333,14 +328,14 @@ Update(){
 			;;
 		esac
 	done
-	while read key value
+	while read key operator value
 	do
 		(( ${#where_statement} )) && where_statement+=( "AND" )
 		if [[ $value == NULL ]]
 		then
 			where_statement+=( "$key is NULL" )
 		else
-			where_statement+=( "$key="'"'"${value//\"/\\\"}"'"' )
+			where_statement+=( "$key $operator "'"'"${value//\"/\\\"}"'"' )
 		fi
 	done
 	echo	"UPDATE '$table' SET"		\
@@ -375,7 +370,7 @@ InsertIfUnset() {
 		Select "$table" "$column" < <(
 			for key in ${!keys[@]}
 			do
-				echo "${keys[$key]}" "${values[$key]}"
+				echo "${keys[$key]}" = "${values[$key]}"
 			done
 		)
 	)
@@ -430,7 +425,7 @@ InsertOrUpdate() {
 		Select "$table" id < <(
 			for key in ${!keys[@]}
 			do
-				echo "${keys[$key]}" "${values[$key]}"
+				echo "${keys[$key]}" = "${values[$key]}"
 			done
 		)
 	)
@@ -438,7 +433,7 @@ InsertOrUpdate() {
 		Update "$table" "$@" < <(
 			for key in ${!keys[@]}
 			do
-				echo "${keys[$key]}" "${values[$key]}"
+				echo "${keys[$key]}" = "${values[$key]}"
 			done
 		)
 	else
@@ -455,27 +450,27 @@ InsertOrUpdate() {
 			)
 		)
 	fi
-	results="${results#* = }"
 	echo "$results"
 }
 Delete() {
-#Delete table <	where_key where_value
-#		[where_key where_value
+#Delete table <	where_key where_operator where_value
+#		[where_key where_operator where_value
 #		[…]]
 	local			\
 		table="$1"	\
 		key		\
+		operator	\
 		value		\
 		where_statement	\
 		results
-	while read key value
+	while read key operator value
 	do
 		(( ${#where_statement} )) && where_statement+=( "AND" )
 		if [[ $value == NULL ]]
 		then
 			where_statement+=( "$key is NULL" )
 		else
-			where_statement+=( "$key="'"'"${value//\"/\\\"}"'"' )
+			where_statement+=( "$key $operator "'"'"${value//\"/\\\"}"'"' )
 		fi
 	done
 	echo "DELETE from $table WHERE ${where_statement[@]};" >&3