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What is the use of GO in SQL Server Management Studio?

I have some Data Manipulation Language like below.

Case – 1 Without GO

Update Table
Set Columns = 'Value'
Where Id = 1

Update Table
Set Columns = 'Value'
Where Id = 2

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Case – 2 With GO

Update Table
Set Columns = 'Value'
Where Id = 1

GO

Update Table
Set Columns = 'Value'
Where Id = 2

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Query

Which should be preferred and why ?

Answer 1

I got the differences in terms of Stored Procedure.

Case 1 – When Select 2 is not the part and explicitly seperated from this stored procedure

Create proc abc
as
select 1

GO

select 2

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Case 2 – When Select 2 is not the part of stored Procedure and by mistake became the part of stored procedure due to absence of GO

Create proc abc
as
select 1

select 2

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In case 2 , Definition of the language becomes following.

Create proc abc
as
select 1

select 2