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I am wondering if there is some way to do a doesn't equal command in MYSQL. In other words, can you do a command like this: "SELECT * FROM someTitle WHERE someLabel != 'something'"? My code is returning an error when I attempt this.

Thanks for any help!

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    WHERE somelabel != 'something' works fine for me on MySQL 4.1 - what is the error? Commented Nov 2, 2009 at 2:45

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try this

SELECT * FROM someTitle WHERE someLabel <> 'something'
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Try <> instead of !=

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In SQL, like VB, <> is used instead of !=.

You can therefore write the following:

SELECT * FROM someTitle WHERE someLabel <> 'something'

I'm not sure how <> can mean inequality; can anyone explain?

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Actually, != is ANSI standard.
Well, if x is less than y or x is greater than y then x does not equal y.
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Use someLabel <> 'something' instead.

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Replace != with <>

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