SQL Query - Can I compare using LEN in SELECT clause?

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Published on 2010-04-30T16:44:59Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 16:47 UTC
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I basically want to do this:

SELECT HasComments = CASE (LEN(Comments) > 1) WHEN 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 FROM TableName

In other words, return a boolean telling me whether the length of Comments is greater than 1. This gives me a syntax error.

How can I accomplish this?

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