not-equal-to-transact-sql-exclamation.md

title	!= (Not Equal To) (Transact-SQL)
description	Not Equal To (Transact SQL) - exclamation
author	rwestMSFT
ms.author	randolphwest
ms.reviewer
ms.date	03/06/2017
ms.prod	sql
ms.prod_service	database-engine, sql-database, synapse-analytics, pdw
ms.technology	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
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Not Equal To (Transact SQL) - exclamation

[!INCLUDE sql-asdb-asdbmi-asa-pdw]

Tests whether one expression is not equal to another expression (a comparison operator). If either or both operands are NULL, NULL is returned. Functions the same as the <> (Not Equal To) comparison operator.

See Also

Expressions (Transact-SQL)
Operators (Transact-SQL)