BETWEEN operator vs. >= AND <=: Is there a performance difference?

Question

These two statements are logically equivalent:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE someColumn BETWEEN 1 AND 100

SELECT * FROM table WHERE someColumn >= 1 AND someC         


        

Answer 1

No, no performance benifit. Its just a little candy.

If you were to check a query comparison, something like

DECLARE @Table TABLE(
        ID INT
)

SELECT  *
FROM    @Table
WHERE   ID >= 1 AND ID <= 100

SELECT  *
FROM    @Table 
WHERE   ID BETWEEN 1 AND 100

and check the execution plan, you should notice that it is exactly the same.