SAP HANA SQLScript · Arrays, Dynamic SQL, Exceptions & Transactions

A session variable is created with SET 'MYVAR' = 'x' and read with SESSION_CONTEXT('MYVAR'). What does SESSION_CONTEXT return for a name that was never SET, and why must the name in SET be a literal?

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