>= (Greater Than or Equal To) (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
Compares two expressions for greater than or equal (a comparison operator).
Transact-SQL syntax conventions
Syntax
expression >= expression
Note
To view Transact-SQL syntax for SQL Server 2014 (12.x) and earlier versions, see Previous versions documentation.
Arguments
expression
Is any valid expression. Both expressions must have implicitly convertible data types. The conversion depends on the rules of data type precedence.
Result Types
Boolean
Remarks
When you compare nonnull expressions, the result is TRUE if the left operand has a greater or equal value than the right operand; otherwise, the result is FALSE.
Unlike the = (equality) comparison operator, the result of the >= comparison of two NULL values does not depend on the ANSI_NULLS setting.
Examples
A. Using >= in a simple query
The following example returns all rows in the HumanResources.Department
table that have a value in DepartmentID
that is greater than or equal to the value 13.
-- Uses AdventureWorks
SELECT DepartmentID, Name
FROM HumanResources.Department
WHERE DepartmentID >= 13
ORDER BY DepartmentID;
Here is the result set.
DepartmentID Name
------------ --------------------------------------------------
13 Quality Assurance
14 Facilities and Maintenance
15 Shipping and Receiving
16 Executive
(4 row(s) affected)
See Also
Data Types (Transact-SQL)
Expressions (Transact-SQL)
= (Equals) (Transact-SQL)
> (Greater Than) (Transact-SQL)
Operators (Transact-SQL)