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| | | Today's Question (by Carlo Romagnano): Select 2 correct answers about the result set of the OUTPUT clause CREATE TABLE a(cod VARCHAR(10),description VARCHAR(100)) CREATE TABLE b(cod VARCHAR(10),processed bit) GO INSERT INTO a SELECT * FROM (VALUES ('A','AAAA 1') ,('A','AAAA 2') ,('A','AAAA 3') ,('A','AAAA 4') ,('B','BBBB 1') ,('B','BBBB 2') ,('B','BBBB 3') ,('B','BBBB 4') ,('C','CCCC 1') ,('C','CCCC 2') ,('C','CCCC 3') ,('C','CCCC 4') ) AS V([cod],[description]) GO INSERT INTO b SELECT *,0 FROM (VALUES ('A') ,('B') ,('C') ,('D') ,('E') ) AS V([art]) GO UPDATE b SET processed = 1 OUTPUT deleted.*,a.* FROM b FULL JOIN a ON a.cod = b.cod WHERE b.processed = 0 (How many rows returned and which values for the description column or any syntax error). |
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| Yesterday's Question (by Steve Jones): What are my options for the first Raiserror parameter? The second and third parameters are severity and arguments.
Answer: A message ID, a string, or a local variable that can be converted to char/varchar Explanation: The first parameter can be a message ID in sys.messages, a string containing a message, or a local variable that can be converted implicitly to char/varchar. Ref: Raiserror - click here » Discuss this question and answer on the forums |
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