Nulls and the MERGE statement: I need to set a value to infinity. How?

Question

In SQL Server 2008, I\'m using MERGE. Everything is fine except that I have 2 nullable columns. If I pass a null value and the target isn\'t null, MERGE doesn\'t see a diffe

Answer 1

Have you tried SET ANSI_NULLS OFF, which will make NULL=NULL return true? This may create additional issues but it could be a script-level workaround (turn it off then on once you run your proc).