why would you use WHERE 1=0 statement in SQL?

Question

I saw a query run in a log file on an application. and it contained a query like:

SELECT ID FROM CUST_ATTR49 WHERE 1=0

what is the use of s

Answer 1

Per user milso in another thread, another purpose for "WHERE 1=0":

CREATE TABLE New_table_name as select * FROM Old_table_name WHERE 1 = 2;

this will create a new table with same schema as old table. (Very handy if you want to load some data for compares)