''Set @local_ariable ='' vs. ''Select @local_ariable =''

• Edwin Frydendall

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  February 16, 2005 at 10:14 pm

  #65654

  BOL recommends that you use 'Set @local_variable = scalar_value' instead of 'Select @local_variable = scalar_value', but it doesn't say why.  Can someone tell me why 'Set' is recommended over 'Select'?

  Thank you.

  p.s.

  I don't know why the v's were removed from the title of this thread.

• philcart

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  February 16, 2005 at 11:45 pm

  #542705

  It's to do with ANSI compliance. Take a look at this article,

  http://vyaskn.tripod.com/differences_between_set_and_select.htm

   

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• Kimberly Blum

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  February 18, 2005 at 7:41 am

  #543072

  Also, remember that 'select' always returns a count ('x rows affected') unless you use SET NOCOUNT ON.

• bbdpres

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  February 18, 2005 at 8:19 am

  #543088

  I don't know the answer to this, but wouldn't there be a difference that a SET would be deterministic, while select would not?

  There may be implications regarding this (?)