Presents your 
SQL SERVER E-NEWSLETTER for February 18, 2003

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KNOW THE LIMITATIONS OF THE GO STATEMENT

The GO statement is a command recognized and interpreted by the osql and
isql utilities, and by the SQL Query Analyzer--but it's not a T-SQL
command. If you use the Query Analyzer as your main development tool, other
languages and libraries will not interpret the GO statement as a T-SQL command.

GO is an indicator to the SQL Server utilities that a batch of T-SQL
commands has been issued. The utilities interpret the GO statement, but
don't actually pass it to the server because SQL Server can't interpret the
GO statement by itself.

A T-SQL command can't reside on the same line as the GO statement, but
you can add comments on the same line. If you are executing statements in
the SQL Server utilities, or you're building scripts of T-SQL statements
to run through the utilities, you can use the GO statement to signal 
the end of a batch.

If you try to issue a GO statement via ODBC, OLE DB, ADO, or any other
database library, you will receive an error message. If you use a
third-party editor for database development, it may not interpret the 
GO statement.

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