Not equal <> != operator on NULL

Question

Could someone please explain the following behavior in SQL?

SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE MyColumn != NULL (0 Results)
SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE MyColumn <         


        

Answer 1

Note that this behavior is the default (ANSI) behavior.

If you:

 SET ANSI_NULLS OFF

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188048.aspx

You'll get different results.

SET ANSI_NULLS OFF will apparently be going away in the future...