< (Less Than) (TSQL Operator)

Returns the result of < comparison of two expressions.

Syntax

expression < expression

Arguments

expression
is an expression of any type.

Return Types

Returns a bool value.

Remarks

If expressions are varchar, the comparison is affected by the collation.

If any expression is NULL, result is NULL.

Examples

PRINT NULL < NULL;
PRINT 1234 < NULL;
PRINT 1234 < 78;
PRINT 1234 < 1234;
PRINT 1234 < 3000;

The result is:

<NULL>
<NULL>
false
false
true
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