SQL Kiwi (2/8/2012)
Mark-101232 (2/8/2012)
The non-deterministic behaviour of UPDATE..FROM is well known and fully documented in BOL. There are other non-deterministic functions in SQL Server such as the ANSI compliant ROW_NUMBER - would you ban that as well?Who is this question directed at Mark?
Ha! It's not directed at any one person, just a general point.
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