>>>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.

Yes, this is SQL 2008 and up syntax only.
>Thank you.