== Why is this an issue? Disabling "ANSI_WARNINGS" and/or "ARITHABORT" in a procedure may silence errors, decrease performance, or block index creation. :link-with-uscores1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/set-arithabort-transact-sql :link-with-uscores2: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/set-ansi-warnings-transact-sql From the documentation ({link-with-uscores1}[ARITHABORT], {link-with-uscores2}[ANSI_WARNINGS]), disabling these options could result in (among others): ``++SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF++`` * CREATE, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE statements on tables with indexes on computed columns or indexed views will fail * No warning issued if null values appear in aggregate functions, such as SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN, STDEV, STDEVP, VAR, VARP, or COUNT * The divide-by-zero and arithmetic overflow errors cause null values to be returned, no roll-back ``++SET ARITHABORT OFF++`` * It can negatively impact query optimization, leading to performance issues * An arithmetic, overflow, divide-by-zero, or domain error, during INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement will cause SQL Server to insert or update a NULL value This rule raises an issue when "ANSI_WARNINGS" and/or "ARITHABORT" are set to ``++OFF++`` in a procedure. === Noncompliant code example [source,sql] ---- CREATE PROCEDURE myProc AS BEGIN SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF; -- Noncompliant SET ARITHABORT OFF; -- Noncompliant -- ... END ---- === Compliant solution [source,sql] ---- CREATE PROCEDURE myProc AS BEGIN -- OK - Default value is ON END CREATE PROCEDURE myProc AS BEGIN SET ANSI_WARNINGS, ARITHABORT ON; END ---- == Resources * {link-with-uscores1}[Microsoft Documentation: SET ARITHABORT (Transact-SQL)] * {link-with-uscores2}[Microsoft Documentation: SET ANSI_WARNINGS (Transact-SQL)]