Can you clarify that please?

roger.plowman (5/17/2011)

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Isn't the point of being a DBA keeping the data safe, the servers available, and the performance reasonable? All these things benefit heavily from a conservative, risk-averse approach.quote]

If you...

Semicolons required at end of each statement??

What setting in SQL Server Management Studio must I have set that required me to put semicolons at the end of each command before...

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Well, I'll be. I read this a dozen times and didn't notice that. It's fixed. I'll award back points.[/quote]

Bless you sir. 🙂

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