SQLFLAGGER function [Miscellaneous]

Returns the conformity of a given SQL statement to a specified standard.

SQLFLAGGER( sql-standard-string, sql-statement-string )

sql-standard-string The standard level against which to test compliance. Possible values are the same as for the sql_flagger_error_level database option:
- SQL:2008/Core Test for conformance to core SQL/2008 syntax.
- SQL:2008/Package Test for conformance to full SQL/2008 syntax.
- SQL:2003/Core Test for conformance to core SQL/2003 syntax.
- SQL:2003/Package Test for conformance to full SQL/2003 syntax.
- SQL:1999/Core Test for conformance to core SQL/1999 syntax.
- SQL:1999/Package Test for conformance to full SQL/1999 syntax.
- SQL:1992/Entry Test for conformance to entry-level SQL/1992 syntax.
- SQL:1992/Intermediate Test for conformance to intermediate-level SQL/1992 syntax.
- SQL:1992/Full Test for conformance to full-SQL/1992 syntax.
- UltraLite Test for conformance to UltraLite.
sql-statement-string The SQL statement to check for conformance.

The following statement shows an example of the message that is returned when a disallowed extension is found:

SELECT SQLFLAGGER( 
   'SQL:2003/Package', 'SELECT top 1 dummy_col FROM sys.dummy ORDER BY dummy_col' );

This statement returns the message '0AW03 Disallowed language extension detected in syntax near 'top' on line 1'.

The following statement returns '00000' because it does not contain any disallowed extensions:

SELECT SQLFLAGGER( 'SQL:2003/Package', 'SELECT dummy_col FROM sys.dummy' );

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