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Concepts and Issues in Test Data Generation

Data generation is the science and art of providing data for database development work that is as realistic and controllable as possible. The skills of generating realistic data are an essential part of being a database developer. It is important: you need plenty of data of exactly the right type, size and verisimilitude

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A New Operator

In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?

SELECT '1' || '0'
 

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