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I’ve always been confused with when I should use the GO keyword after commands and whether a semi-colon is required at the end of commands. What is the differences and why/when I should use them?
When I run the Generate-script in SQL Server Management Studio, it seems to use GO all over the place, but not the semi-colon.
GOonly relates to SSMS – it isn’t actual Transact SQL, it just tells SSMS to send the SQL statements between eachGOin individual batches sequentially.The
;is a SQL statement delimiter, but for the most part the engine can interpret where your statements are broken up.The main exception, and place where the
;is used most often is before a Common Table Expression Statement.