> ... The = and == behaviour in SQL is determined by SET ANSI command as SET EXACT has no effect on SQL statements. (I am sure Hilmar pointed to SET EXACT only as a source for behaviour explanation).
This, and the fact that I actually confused the two commands.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)