It's not, IMHO, and I don't see anywhere in the thread above where that was...

As the OP want an opinion about the two code options presented, i.e.

Option 1:

DECLARE @strcol1 varchar(max), @intco11 int

SELECT @strcol1 += ','+CAST(col1 AS VARCHAR(20)),  @intco11=col1 
FROM...

I tend to write these things to allow any combination of values later, so I stick with individual checks.  For example, suppose later they want to check for status...

I'm not that worried about space per se. The column will be one of metadata and while seconds would be nice to have, accuracy to hours & minutes is...

I've been having debates with various tech people about ChatGPT. In many cases, it's not worse than the average (or below avg) dev. Not sure what to think of...

So... what are you...

And I just realized that this is an old post the OP has not responded.

And just exactly how does that solve the problem "dynamically" as what the OP asked for?

Yes. Indeed, the data must be protected.I will not copy anything confidential in Test environment. At the technical level, do you have any advice for copying the data to...

I agree with your point, but it is needed sometimes, so please tell me is there anything wrong in first query or should I go for second one or...

Looks like I may have been right there. 😀

Step 1... find everything in the database that will get you fired when someone steals them from your test environment and obfuscate them.  You really don't want to read about...

Still, there are a lot of opportunities to use ChatGPT, not here, of course. In terms of asking this AI language model some questions, i wouldn't say it's too...

I saw that post and I wish they hadn't deleted it as "spam"... it provided an excellent example of just how bad...

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