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July 7, 2016 at 8:38 pm

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 1

Yes, it was an easy one. I admit I was looking for the trick.

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George Vobr SSCrazy Eights Points: 9915 More actions · Answer 2

Ed Wagner (7/8/2016)
Yes, it was an easy one. I admit I was looking for the trick.

+1 😉

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George Vobr (7/8/2016)
Ed Wagner (7/8/2016)
Yes, it was an easy one. I admit I was looking for the trick.
+1 😉
Thanks Steve and happy weekend to all.

+1 Yes, I even checked BoL...

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Ed Wagner (7/8/2016)
Yes, it was an easy one. I admit I was looking for the trick.

Me, too. I read it half a dozen times to make sure I wasn't missing something.

Thanks, Steve.

barry.mcconnell Default port Points: 1447 More actions · Answer 5

Depends if you're talking about the EXEC() function or the EXEC abbreviated version of EXECUTE. As I recall the EXEC() function can't see any variables declared in the calling session because it executes in a separate session. EXEC/EXECUTE operate in the same session they are called in and can see those variables.

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259085 More actions · Answer 6

Easy one. 😀

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Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61136 More actions · Answer 7

Easy one (but I still ran this in SSMS to be safe 😛 : EXECUTE('SELECT 1');)

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Revenant (7/8/2016)
George Vobr (7/8/2016)
Ed Wagner (7/8/2016)
Yes, it was an easy one. I admit I was looking for the trick.
+1 😉
Thanks Steve and happy weekend to all.
+1 Yes, I even checked BoL...

Me too - I thought EXEC was an accepted way of writing EXECUTE and then thought "it can't be that easy", looked it up, and found it was that easy.

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TomThomson (7/13/2016)
Revenant (7/8/2016)
George Vobr (7/8/2016)
Ed Wagner (7/8/2016)
Yes, it was an easy one. I admit I was looking for the trick.
+1 😉
Thanks Steve and happy weekend to all.
+1 Yes, I even checked BoL...
Me too - I thought EXEC was an accepted way of writing EXECUTE and then thought "it can't be that easy", looked it up, and found it was that easy.

I didn't look it up having seen it all over the place. IMHO there is a difference. It's all aesthetics and preference. I don't like seeing the shorthand version.

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DamianC SSCrazy Eights Points: 8015 More actions · Answer 10

Knew the answer but not sure why there are 2 almost identical commands that do exactly the same thing

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183698 More actions · Answer 11

DamianC (11/15/2016)
Knew the answer but not sure why there are 2 almost identical commands that do exactly the same thing

Those are not 2 commands. It's one command and its short version. You can find different examples on this happening.

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BEGIN TRAN and BEGIN TRANSACTION

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