>>Hi,
>>
>>I was wondering if I would be breaking some unwritten rule or good practice if I set multiple variables in one line/statement, as following:
>>
>>
>>declare @test1 as char(20), @test2 as char(10), @test3 as varchar(30)
>>select @test1 = '', @test2 = '', @test3 = ''
>>
>>
>>TIA
>
>or
>
>declare @test1 as char(20) = ''
> , @test2 as char(10) = ''
> , @test3 as varchar(30) = ''
>
I believe this syntax only works on SQL Server 2008 and later. I need my code to work on SQL Server 2005 where (if I am not mistaken) the feature of setting default is not available.
Thank you.
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