Database Options

What is the real difference between setting the database
options using A SET statement which applies to the current
connection only or specifying the setting as a database-
level default with ALTER DATABASE?When the option is set at the database level, that is the default setting
for all new connections.
The Set statement overrides the DB setting however...
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"van" <vandenm2@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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.gbl...
> What is the real difference between setting the database
> options using A SET statement which applies to the current
> connection only or specifying the setting as a database-
> level default with ALTER DATABASE?|||Well, one change is temporary for the current session, the other change is
permanent?
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"van" <vandenm2@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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.gbl...
> What is the real difference between setting the database
> options using A SET statement which applies to the current
> connection only or specifying the setting as a database-
> level default with ALTER DATABASE?