is it possible to select EXISTS directly as a bit?
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I was wondering if it's possible to do something like this (which doesn't work):
select cast( (exists(select * from theTable where theColumn like 'theValue%') as bit)
Seems like it should be doable, but lots of things that should work in SQL don't ;) I've seen workarounds for this (SELECT 1 where... Exists...) but it seems like I should be able to just cast the result of the exists function as a bit and be done with it.
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