>>Another newbie question.
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>>I can set a value to a variable in a stored procedure using SET or SELECT. E.g.
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>>set @MyVar = 0
>>select @MyVar = 0
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>>Which approach is a better practice and why?
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>>TIA
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>For a single variable assignment it doesn't really matter. With SELECT you can set multiple variables at once so if you need to set values for several variables, I prefer SELECT statement.
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>Also, if you use
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>select @myVar = someColumn where ConditionEvaluatesToFalse
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>then the initial value of the @myVar (NULL) will not change. Just be aware of that fact.
Thank you.
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