Variables scope which are defined within a while block in stored procedures - SQl Server

Question

I\'ve come across a interesting scenario (at least for me) in a stored procedure. Would like to have experts opinion and thoughts on it.

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Answer 1

The variable scope is the whole batch in this case a stored procedure.

It isn't re-declared every loop

So this is exactly as expected

Edit:

There is a recent blog article which is quite similar. The author was quickly corrected :-)