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> (Greater Than) (Transact-SQL)

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Compares two expressions (a comparison operator) in [!INCLUDEssnoversion]. When you compare nonnull expressions, the result is TRUE if the left operand has a value higher than 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  

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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

Examples

A. Using > in a simple query

The following example returns all rows in the HumanResources.Department table that have a value in DepartmentID that is greater than the value 13.

--Uses AdventureWorks  
  
SELECT DepartmentID, Name  
FROM HumanResources.Department  
WHERE DepartmentID > 13  
ORDER BY DepartmentID;  
  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

DepartmentID Name  
------------ --------------------------------------------------  
14           Facilities and Maintenance  
15           Shipping and Receiving  
16           Executive  
  
(3 row(s) affected)  
  

B. Using > to compare two variables

DECLARE @a INT = 45, @b INT = 40;  
SELECT IIF ( @a > @b, 'TRUE', 'FALSE' ) AS Result;  

[!INCLUDEssResult]

Result  
------  
TRUE  
  
(1 row(s) affected)  
  

See Also

IIF (Transact-SQL)
Data Types (Transact-SQL)
Operators (Transact-SQL)