>=Greater than or equal operator. Evaluates both SQL expressions and returns 1 if the left value is greater than or equal to the right value and 0 if it is not, or NULL if either expression is NULL. If the expressions return different data types, (for instance, a number and a string), performs type conversion.
When used in row comparisons, these two queries return the same results:
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SELECT (t1.a, t1.b) >= (t2.x, t2.y)
FROM t1 INNER JOIN t2;
SELECT (t1.a > t2.x) OR ((t1.a = t2.x) AND (t1.b >= t2.y))
FROM t1 INNER JOIN t2;SELECT 2 >= 2;
+--------+
| 2 >= 2 |
+--------+
| 1 |
+--------+
SELECT 'A' >= 'a';
+------------+
| 'A' >= 'a' |
+------------+
| 1 |
+------------+