title: is it possible to select EXISTS directly as a bit?
body: <p>I was wondering if it's possible to do something like this (which doesn't work): </p>
  
  <p><code>select cast( (exists(select * from theTable where theColumn like 'theValue%') as bit)</code></p>
  
  <p>Seems like it should be doable, but lots of things that should work in SQL don't ;) I've seen workarounds for this (SELECT 1 where... Exists...) but it seems like I should be able to just cast the result of the exists function as a bit and be done with it.</p>