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Rule description

• Conditionally executed code should be denoted by either indentation or BEGIN...END block

Non-compliant Code Example

DECLARE @Number int;  
SET @Number = 50;  
IF @Number > 100  --Non compliant code (IF and ELSE IF statements are not denoted by either indentation or BEGIN...END block)
PRINT 'The number is large.';  
ELSE IF @Number < 10  
PRINT 'The number is small.';  
ELSE  
PRINT 'The number is medium.';  
GO

Compliant Code Example

DECLARE @Number int;  
SET @Number = 50;  
IF @Number > 100  --Compliant code (IF and ELSE IF statements are denoted by either indentation or BEGIN...END block)
   PRINT 'The number is large.';  
ELSE   
   BEGIN  
      IF @Number < 10  
      PRINT 'The number is small.';  
   ELSE  
      PRINT 'The number is medium.';  
   END ;  
GO