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GO Part 2

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September 12, 2012 at 9:22 pm

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Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 1

Nice simple straight forward question - glad I remembered the correct answer from a long, long time ago.

I know it is still early and not too many have attempted to answer the question, but I am still suprised at the number of wrong answers.

Correct answers: 40% (2)

Incorrect answers: 60% (3)

Total attempts: 5

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

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Joy Smith San SSC-Insane Points: 24877 More actions · Answer 2

I din't know this at all or perhaps I never noticed it as we always go with the default ones.

However I got it right by guessing, this question would not have been asked otherwise.

It made me to have a look at all the settings thoroughly.. Thanks a lot.

demonfox SSCertifiable Points: 6289 More actions · Answer 3

I think I missed something .

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Lokesh Vij SSChampion Points: 10836 More actions · Answer 4

Nice question Kenneth...though I got it worng 🙂

Worth learning something..Thanks!

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okbangas SSChampion Points: 11773 More actions · Answer 5

Another reference: The -c parameter of sqlcmd.

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Raghavendra Mudugal SSChampion Points: 10658 More actions · Answer 6

Thank you Kenneth, Interesting one 🙂

I have selected the wrong answer, thinking either you change the script or query option, the change is compulsory. And later i read the question again, so came to know the query option change wouldn't matter, but just the script should not be modified.

(In general, if a person parse the code then it will show error/s, so he has to take some careful steps to read the script and then change the query option to meet the script. If A has written the script and B is going to execute and B is not aware of the modified batch terminator and if B is trying to execute it via his machine with default settings, then A and B are going to have some pleasant conversation 🙂 )

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kaspencer SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4880 More actions · Answer 7

This question is illogical in structure.

One cannot say "Can the following script be made to run ..." and then offer the choices True and False.

For future reference, this type of question should be posed in one or other of the following ways, but not as it was originally posed.

Either:

"Can the following script be made to run ..."

Yes No

Or:

"The following script can be made to run ..."

True False

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Lokesh Vij SSChampion Points: 10836 More actions · Answer 8

kaspencer (9/13/2012)
This question is illogical in structure.
One cannot say "Can the following script be made to run ..." and then offer the choices True and False.
For future reference, this type of question should be posed in one or other of the following ways, but not as it was originally posed.
Either:
"Can the following script be made to run ..."
Yes No
Or:
"The following script can be made to run ..."
True False
Kenneth Spencer

+1

The structure of the question needs conditioning.

But honestly this can be ignored keeping in mind the knowledge it is checking 🙂

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DugyC Hall of Fame Points: 3804 More actions · Answer 9

Sorry to be pedantic, but I feel I have to in this case.

GO, or NotGo, aside not one person can run this complete script without modification or error.

@test-2 is DECLARE'd twice 😛

I want my point! 😀

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zak_willis SSC Enthusiast Points: 105 More actions · Answer 10

We all know that go is an SSMS denotation for separating batches. Effectively, you challenged a system 1 type response that required a system 2 type response. You tricked us into not knowing some extraneous fact about modifying go to not go using osql. Why anybody would configure a particular machine to use notgo rather than go, is beyond me aside from some bizarre security policy. I find this kind of question, pretty much pointless.

Hugo Kornelis SSC Guru Points: 64790 More actions · Answer 11

DugyC (9/13/2012)
Sorry to be pedantic, but I feel I have to in this case.
GO, or NotGo, aside not one person can run this complete script without modification or error.
@test-2 is DECLARE'd twice 😛
I want my point! 😀

If you change the SSMS configuration to use NotGo as batch seperator, then the script supplied will contain two batches. In each of those batches, @test-2 is declared exactly once. It should run perfectly. As you would have known if you have started SSMS and tested it. (Don't forget to set the batch seperator back to GO after you finish testing!)

zak_willis (9/13/2012)
We all know that go is an SSMS denotation for separating batches. Effectively, you challenged a system 1 type response that required a system 2 type response. You tricked us into not knowing some extraneous fact about modifying go to not go using osql. Why anybody would configure a particular machine to use notgo rather than go, is beyond me aside from some bizarre security policy. I find this kind of question, pretty much pointless.

I have no idea what type 1 and type 2 responses are, but I disagree with the rest of your reaction. I don't feel tricked at all by this question. The question included the fragments "made to run ... without error" (which communicates that you have to do SOMETHING to achieve that result" and "without changing the script" (implying that everything else is fair game to be changed). So basically, the question is "did you know that you can change the batch seperator".

I agree that the ability to change the batch seperator is quite bizarre and probably quite pointless, but many QotDs are about bizarre and pointless tidbits of knowledge. I consider the QotD as a sort of fun trivia quiz rather than as a measurement of my ability to excell in my job. Many trivia questions are utterly pointless (but fun).

Finally, I can give you one example where this knowledge can be useful: when you have a co-worker whose idea of fun it is to change the batch seperator to, for instance, "SELECT" when you are away from your keyboard, and then watch you struggle to understand why your code is not working anymore. After this QotD, you will probably be able to recognise and fix the problem much faster than you otherwise would have.

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Hugo Kornelis (9/13/2012)
If you change the SSMS configuration to use NotGo as batch seperator, then the script supplied will contain two batches. In each of those batches, @test-2 is declared exactly once. It should run perfectly. As you would have known if you have started SSMS and tested it. (Don't forget to set the batch seperator back to GO after you finish testing!)

Again, I'm wrong, thanks Hugo :ermm:

I did test it, but was too stupid to see what would have been seperate batches with the NotGo, and focused on the Declare instead... I'm going back to bed, I'll start the day again tomorrow :doze:

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Stuart Davies SSCoach Points: 19505 More actions · Answer 13

Good question - thanks

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