Have you ever tried to create an object in SQL Server, but it failed due to a missing table, column, or other dependency? If so, you’ve hit a case where SQL Server doesn’t offer ‘deferred name resolution’.
I got a question recently about why a particular bit of code was failing when running.
My first thought: oh, that’s probably related to… whatsitcalled.
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