diff --git a/src/entity/column.rs b/src/entity/column.rs
index 4f895f0d..b59f410e 100644
--- a/src/entity/column.rs
+++ b/src/entity/column.rs
@@ -20,18 +20,6 @@ pub struct ColumnDef {
 }
 
 macro_rules! bind_oper {
-    ( $op: ident ) => {
-        #[allow(missing_docs)]
-        fn $op<V>(&self, v: V) -> SimpleExpr
-        where
-            V: Into<Value>,
-        {
-            Expr::col((self.entity_name(), *self)).$op(v)
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-macro_rules! bind_oper_with_enum_casting {
     ( $op: ident, $bin_op: ident ) => {
         #[allow(missing_docs)]
         fn $op<V>(&self, v: V) -> SimpleExpr
@@ -97,12 +85,12 @@ pub trait ColumnTrait: IdenStatic + Iterable + FromStr {
         (self.entity_name(), SeaRc::new(*self) as DynIden)
     }
 
-    bind_oper_with_enum_casting!(eq, Equal);
-    bind_oper_with_enum_casting!(ne, NotEqual);
-    bind_oper!(gt);
-    bind_oper!(gte);
-    bind_oper!(lt);
-    bind_oper!(lte);
+    bind_oper!(eq, Equal);
+    bind_oper!(ne, NotEqual);
+    bind_oper!(gt, GreaterThan);
+    bind_oper!(gte, GreaterThanOrEqual);
+    bind_oper!(lt, SmallerThan);
+    bind_oper!(lte, SmallerThanOrEqual);
 
     /// ```
     /// use sea_orm::{entity::*, query::*, tests_cfg::cake, DbBackend};
diff --git a/tests/active_enum_tests.rs b/tests/active_enum_tests.rs
index 81daddd6..f31663fa 100644
--- a/tests/active_enum_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/active_enum_tests.rs
@@ -167,6 +167,57 @@ pub async fn insert_active_enum(db: &DatabaseConnection) -> Result<(), DbErr> {
 
     assert_eq!(model, select_with_tea_not_in.one(db).await?.unwrap());
 
+    // String enums should be compared alphabetically in all supported DBs.
+    // 'B' < 'S', so Big is considered "smaller" than Small.
+    assert_eq!(
+        model,
+        Entity::find()
+            .filter(Column::Category.lt(Category::Small))
+            .one(db)
+            .await?
+            .unwrap()
+    );
+
+    // Integer enums should be compared by value in all supported DBs.
+    // 0 <= 1, so Black is considered "smaller or equal to" White.
+    assert_eq!(
+        model,
+        Entity::find()
+            .filter(Column::Color.lte(Color::White))
+            .one(db)
+            .await?
+            .unwrap()
+    );
+
+    // Native enum comparisons are not portable.
+    //
+    // Postgres enums are compared by their definition order
+    // (see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-enum.html#DATATYPE-ENUM-ORDERING).
+    // Tea was defined as ('EverydayTea', 'BreakfastTea'), so EverydayTea is considered "smaller" than BreakfastTea.
+    //
+    // SQLite doesn't support enum types and SeaORM works around this limitation by storing them as strings.
+    // When treated as strings, EverydayTea is not "smaller" than BreakfastTea!
+    //
+    // MySQL should be the same as Postgres (see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/enum.html#enum-sorting),
+    // but in practice this test case behaves like SQLite. I'm not sure why.
+    #[cfg(feature = "sqlx-postgres")]
+    assert_eq!(
+        model,
+        Entity::find()
+            .filter(Column::Tea.lt(Tea::BreakfastTea))
+            .one(db)
+            .await?
+            .unwrap()
+    );
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "sqlx-mysql", feature = "sqlx-sqlite"))]
+    assert_eq!(
+        None,
+        Entity::find()
+            .filter(Column::Tea.lt(Tea::BreakfastTea))
+            .one(db)
+            .await?
+    );
+
     let res = model.delete(db).await?;
 
     assert_eq!(res.rows_affected, 1);