is it possible to select EXISTS directly as a bit?

Question

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

Answer 1

Another solution is to use ISNULL in tandem with SELECT TOP 1 1:

SELECT ISNULL((SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM theTable where theColumn like 'theValue%'), 0)