<> (Not Equal To)

Compares two expressions (a comparison operator). When you compare nonnull expressions, the result is TRUE if the left operand is not equal to the right operand; otherwise, the result is FALSE. If either or both operands are NULL and SET ANSI_NULLS is set to ON, the result is NULL. If SET ANSI_NULLS is set to OFF, the result is FALSE if one of the operands is NULL, and TRUE if both operands are NULL.

Syntax

expression < > expression

Arguments

expression

Is any valid Microsoft® SQL Server™ expression. Both expressions must have implicitly convertible data types. The conversion depends on the rules of data type precedence. For more information, see Data Type Precedence.

Result Types

Boolean

See Also

Data Types

Expressions

Operators (Comparison Operators)