<> (Not Equal To) (Transact-SQL)

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, see the topic SET ANSI_NULLS (Transact-SQL).

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

expression<>expression

Arguments

• expression
  Is any valid expression. Both expressions must have implicitly convertible data types. The conversion depends on the rules of data type precedence.

Result Types

Boolean

See Also

Reference

Data Types (Transact-SQL)

Operators (Transact-SQL)

Comparison Operators (Transact-SQL)