Why does NULL = NULL evaluate to false in SQL server

Question

In SQL server if you have nullParam=NULL in a where clause, it always evaluates to false. This is counterintuitive and has caused me many errors. I do understa

Answer 1

null is unknown in sql so we cant expect two unknowns to be same.

However you can get that behavior by setting ANSI_NULLS to Off(its On by Default) You will be able to use = operator for nulls

SET ANSI_NULLS off
if null=null
print 1
else 
print 2
set ansi_nulls on
if null=null
print 1
else 
print 2