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Register today^= (Bitwise Exclusive OR Assignment) (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure Synapse Analytics
Analytics Platform System (PDW)
SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric
Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric
SQL database in Microsoft Fabric
Performs a bitwise exclusive OR operation between two integer values, and sets a value to the result of the operation.
Transact-SQL syntax conventions
syntaxsql
expression ^= expression
expression
Is any valid expression of any one of the data types in the numeric category except the bit data type.
Returns the data type of the argument with the higher precedence. For more information, see Data Type Precedence (Transact-SQL).
For more information, see ^ (Bitwise Exclusive OR) (Transact-SQL).
Compound Operators (Transact-SQL)
Expressions (Transact-SQL)
Operators (Transact-SQL)
Bitwise Operators (Transact-SQL)