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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