SSMS ignores final \r\n / CRLF / Carriage Return + Line Feed in PRINT and RAISERROR
In SSMS, when using PRINT and/or RAISERROR to display messages in the "Messages" tab, if the final two characters on the line are the Carriage Return, Line Feed combination (i.e. "\r\n" or "CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)" or "CHAR(0x0D) + CHAR(0x0A)" ) then they are ignored (or "eaten") and no newline is issued as expected. BUT, if either Carriage Return OR Line Feed individually are used, then a newline is issued as expected. This is inconsistent and it should be that the Carriage Return + Line Feed combination is not ignored at the end of a line being printed.
Other forms of white-space (i.e. space and tab) are likewise not ignore. It is only Carriage Return + Line Feed, and only when used in combination.
This behavior seems to only happen in SSMS. I have also tested using SQLCMD and capturing messages in a C# application and both of those register the newline at the end of the line as expected.
I have tested with SSMS versions:
* v17.1 (14.0.17119.0)
* 2014 (12.0.5203.0)
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Solomon Rutzky
commented
This bug still exists in SSMS 18.0 Preview 6. Here is a simple test:
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PRINT 'A';
PRINT 'B' + CHAR(0x0D) + CHAR(0x0A); -- NO NEWLINE in SSMS
PRINT 'C';
PRINT 'D' + CHAR(0x0D); -- newline is there
PRINT 'E';
PRINT 'F' + CHAR(0x0A); -- newline is there
PRINT 'G';
PRINT 'H' + CHAR(0x0D) + CHAR(0x0A) + CHAR(0x0D) + CHAR(0x0A); -- 1 newline is there, not 2
PRINT 'I';
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Solomon Rutzky
commented
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