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What is difference between != and <> operators in Sql Server? Since both are used as not operator. E.g : select * from TableName where ColName <> value or select * from TableName ...

If I use a simple table such as : create table test ( a int ); insert into test values ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 2 ) , ( 3 ); select * from test where a <> 2; select * from test where a != 2; Both give ...

Duplicate of: Should I use != or <> for not equal in TSQL Within SQL Server's T-SQL should I use "<>" or "!=", or does it really even matter?

When writing a query, does it matter if I use <> or != when I mean "not equal to"? As per the example below, nulls don't seem to be affected whether I use <> or !=. Is this an aesthetic ...

Possible Duplicate: Should I use != or <> for not equal in TSQL? Behavior of both operator is same. But i want to know about What is difference between operater != and <> in SQL Server?

I was working in MSSQL server 2012. I wrote a query select * from Mytable where col1 is not null and col1 != '' and select * from Mytable where col1 is not null and col1 <> '' Both returns ...

Using SQL Server 2008 I have a query which resembles this: SELECT * FROM myTable mt WHERE mt.ID !=0 What is the !=0 ? It looks like it's the same as saying <> 0. I am unable to google this, ...

Is there a difference in performance between != and <>? Bonus: why do people get upset when I use != instead of <>? I am of course speculating that all programmers get upset about this, ...

Why are there two inequality comparison operators? <> and !=, per Microsoft != is the same as <>, why have two what benefit does this give us? Functions the same as the <> (Not Equal ...

I just wanted to know if there is a difference between <> and != when expressing inequality in SQL queries.

Possible Duplicate: Should I use != or <> for not equal in TSQL? I see a number of questions using != to express the not equal operator in SQL. Working mostly with SQL-Server and Oracle I ...

Cursor findNormalItems = db.query("items", columns, "type=?", new String[] { "onSale" }); I want to return the cursor that points anything that are NOT onSale, what ...

I would like to know if there are any differences in between the two not equal operators <> and != in Oracle. Are there cases where they can give different results or different performance?

What does <> mean in SQL language: Sample code is as follows SELECT ordid, prodid, qty FROM item WHERE prodid IN (SELECT prodid FROM item ...

I don't like not knowing this as there may be situations when I need to use one instead of the other. It seems in most cases they produce the same results but I am taking a guess they have subtle ...