< (Less Than) (T-SQL)

Compares two expressions (a comparison operator). When you compare nonnull expressions, the result is TRUE if the left operand has a lower value than the right operand; otherwise, the result is FALSE. If either or both operands are NULL and SET ANSI_NULLS is set to ON, the result is NULL. If SET ANSI_NULLS is set to OFF, the result is FALSE if one of the operands is NULL, and TRUE if both operands are NULL.

Syntax

expression < expression

Arguments

expression

Is any valid Microsoft® SQL Server™ expression. Both expressions must have implicitly convertible data types. The conversion depends on the rules of data type precedence. For more information, see Data Type Precedence.

Result Types

Boolean

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