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# !> (Not Greater Than) (Transact-SQL)
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  Compares two expressions (a comparison operator). When you compare nonnull expressions, the result is TRUE if the left operand does not have a greater 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.  
  
 ![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  
  
```  
  
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**  
  
## See Also  
 [Data Types (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/data-types/data-types-transact-sql.md)   
 [Operators (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)