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Just as you want to filter the rows of data returned in a SELECT query with the equality comparison operator (=), you can also create a conditional filter to test if 2 values are not equal to one another. Learn more in the following article.
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In MySQL, there are 2 ‘not equal to’ comparison operators available:
- <>
- !=
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Even though both of these comparison operators mean the same thing and work exactly the same, I will use the <> operator as it is supported by the SQL Standard and is used in other SQL dialects as well.
Typically, the inequality conditional comparison filter will look like this:
some_column <> some_value
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- SELECT clause queries – MySQL Beginner Basics Series.
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