All we need is an easy explanation of the problem, so here it is.
Is there difference between WHERE [BitField] = 1 and WHERE [BitField] <> 0?
They seem logically equivalent.
SQL Server, however, disagrees and creates slightly different execution plans. (Which is bad because the second form doesn’t use existing indexes very effectively.)
Am I missing something, or it is just the way inequality operators behave?
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They seem logically equivalent.
They are. Even with ANSI_NULLS OFF "a SELECT statement that uses WHERE column_name <> XYZ_value returns all rows that are not XYZ_value and that are not NULL."
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