SQL compare two columns for same value

Question

With SQL Server 2012, I have two columns that I would like to compare. Both are on the same table, so no joins are needed.

Basically I need to compare two columns, for e

Answer 1

You can go like:

SELECT CASE WHEN Scan1 = Scan2 THEN 1 
       ELSE 0 END AS ColumnAlias
FROM YourTable

Answer 2

Something like SELECT .... , CASE WHEN scan1 = scan2 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS is_equal FROM table1 should do the job.