Programming in MS SQL Server 2012

Print Statement

Print statement is used to returns a user-defined message to the application or database users. A message string can be up to 8,000 characters long if it is a non-Unicode string, and 4,000 characters long if it is a Unicode string. The varchar(max) and nvarchar(max) data types are truncated to data types that are no more than varchar(8000) and nvarchar(4000). RAISEERROR can also be used to return messages.
Syntax

-- Syntax --

PRINT msg_str | @local_variable | string_expr

msg_str
msg_str is aa character string or Unicode string constant.
@local_variable
@local_variable is a variable of any valid character data type.
string_expr
string_expr is an expression that returns a string or concatenated literal values or function and variables data value.
The following example describes a PRINT statement.

-- Example 82 --

PRINT 'Welcome to the wonderful world of MS SQL Server'

PRINT 15 + 17

PRINT 'PREM' + ' ' + 'NATH' + ' ' + 'R.K'

Query Output Screen

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