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Daniel Bowlin SSC-Dedicated Points: 34566 More actions · Answer 1

They may all work, but they are all a crime against readability. I make a point of white space for readability just about everywhere.

Mike Dougherty Ten Centuries Points: 1112 More actions · Answer 2

"A crime against readability" I'll reuse that quote soon enough.

Tom Garth SSCertifiable Points: 6193 More actions · Answer 3

I'm afraid I have to join the chorus in saying the question was poorly worded.

Interesting info though.

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ken.trock SSCertifiable Points: 5147 More actions · Answer 4

malleswarareddy_m (5/27/2010)
I did not understand this question.in question it shows that to select wrong sytax.but all resturns table data without any error.then i did not found the wrong answer.so i applied three answers.got my point.

He did say "select all that apply"

So 1st you have to select all the statements that are correct, then guess the error statements?

The part about guessing the error messages, if there are any, are for extra credit:-D

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ahrar.mustafa Newbie Points: 9 More actions · Answer 5

ahrar.mustafa

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May 28, 2010 at 8:45 am

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All are correct

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736478 More actions · Answer 6

I have removed the sentence about error messages since it was confusing.

SQL Server Youngling Old Hand Points: 360 More actions · Answer 7

I'd have liked to see a 4th option, "none of the above". I believe that would have added to the educational opportunity.

But then, why pose this question at all? Doesn't it promote harder to read code, and the memorization of what is essentially trivia?

select * from table_name

I'd argue that the above statement is: easier to read, doesn't require knowledge of this trivia, works if you substitue "my_column" for the "*", and is probably far more cross platform compatible.

These are meant as constructive criticisms. I do very much appreciate the learning opportunity!

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 8

thanks for the Question

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epriddy Old Hand Points: 343 More actions · Answer 9

In testing out the theory (not pasting from the examples which inherently include a space before the table name)... only the second query runs without error:

--WON'T RUN: select*fromUDM.DimDate --'no space between select, *, and from

select* from UDM.UDM.DimDate -- 'no space between select and *

--WON'T RUN: select *fromUDM.DimDate-- 'no space between * and from

I ran this against 2005 SQL Server via Management Studio.

epriddy Old Hand Points: 343 More actions · Answer 10

Gotcha! The spacing between Select*from doesn't matter but there must be a space after from for the table name.... THanks for the learning!

KevinC. SSCommitted Points: 1570 More actions · Answer 11

I personally didn't find the question confusing. And, although the syntax definitely is NOT advisable for readability, etc. it is interesting to know how SSMS will parse some code without the white space.

Thanks for the question.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398909 More actions · Answer 12

I would argue that while all three compile and run, none of them is "correct." If they were correct, then so would this be, and you know it's not:

SELECTmycolumnFROM MyTable;

SELECTmycolumn FROM MyTable;

SELECT mycolumnFROM MyTable;

However, I'd leave the question alone. It was interesting to see weirdness in the parser.

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 13

Grant Fritchey (5/28/2010)
I would argue that while all three compile and run, none of them is "correct."

In the same way that 2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2? 😛

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Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150468 More actions · Answer 14

Nice (but quite shocking!) question. I'm not at all embarrassed to say I got this one wrong.

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sangeethaharilal Valued Member Points: 56 More actions · Answer 15

For me all three options worked. I am using SQL 2008 express edition .