You need to recommend a change to USP_3 to ensure that the procedure continues to execute even if one of the UPDATE statements fails. Which change should you recommend?

When XACT_ABORT is OFF (the default), SQL Server only rolls back the individual statement that caused the error, allowing the stored procedure to continue executing subsequent statements. This means if one UPDATE fails, the procedure will handle the error at that statement level and proceed to the next UPDATE rather than terminating the entire batch or transaction.

Setting XACT_ABORT to ON causes SQL Server to automatically roll back the entire current transaction and terminate the batch whenever a run-time error occurs, which would stop execution of the procedure rather than allowing it to continue after a failed UPDATE.

IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS OFF means each statement runs in autocommit mode unless explicitly wrapped in a transaction, which does not directly address whether the procedure continues executing after an individual UPDATE statement fails.

Setting IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS to ON causes SQL Server to automatically start a transaction for DML statements, but this does not allow the procedure to continue executing after a failed UPDATE; it controls transaction scope, not error-continuation behavior.