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?
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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?
I’d say it comes down to your coding conventions. I personally like to use != as <> reminds me of dirty dirty VB and gives me a bad gut feeling. Plus I comprehend it better as it is exact to C#’s not equal operator.