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# >= (Greater Than or Equal To) (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]

  Compares two expressions for greater than or equal (a comparison operator).  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
-- Syntax for SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Parallel Data Warehouse  
  
expression >= expression  
```  
  
## Arguments  
 *expression*  
 Is any valid [expression](../../t-sql/language-elements/expressions-transact-sql.md). Both expressions must have implicitly convertible data types. The conversion depends on the rules of [data type precedence](../../t-sql/data-types/data-type-precedence-transact-sql.md).  
  
## Result Types  
 Boolean  
  
## Remarks  
 When you compare nonnull expressions, the result is TRUE if the left operand has a greater or equal value than the right operand; otherwise, the result is FALSE.  
  
 Unlike the = (equality) comparison operator, the result of the >= comparison of two NULL values does not depend on the ANSI_NULLS setting.  
  
## 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 or equal to the value 13.  
  
```  
-- Uses AdventureWorks  
  
SELECT DepartmentID, Name  
FROM HumanResources.Department  
WHERE DepartmentID >= 13  
ORDER BY DepartmentID;  
  
```  
  
 [!INCLUDE[ssResult](../../includes/ssresult-md.md)]  
  
```  
DepartmentID Name  
------------ --------------------------------------------------  
13           Quality Assurance  
14           Facilities and Maintenance  
15           Shipping and Receiving  
16           Executive  
  
(4 row(s) affected)  
  
```  
  
## See Also  
 [Data Types (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/data-types/data-types-transact-sql.md)   
 [Expressions (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/expressions-transact-sql.md)   
 [= (Equals) (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/equals-transact-sql.md)   
 [> (Greater Than) (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/greater-than-transact-sql.md)   
 [Operators (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)