When loading data into a table that captures the load time in a column with a default value of either CURRENT_TIME () or CURRENT_TIMESTAMP () what will occur?

The correct answer is D. All rows loaded using a specific COPY statement will have the same timestamp value.. When using the COPY command to load data into Snowflake, if a column has a default value set to CURRENT_TIME() or CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), all rows loaded by that specific COPY command will have the same timestamp. This is because the default value for the timestamp is evaluated at t

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AAll rows loaded using a specific COPY statement will have varying timestamps based on when the
BAny rows loaded using a specific COPY statement will have varying timestamps based on when
CAny rows loaded using a specific COPY statement will have varying timestamps based on when
DAll rows loaded using a specific COPY statement will have the same timestamp value.

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When using the COPY command to load data into Snowflake, if a column has a default value set to CURRENT_TIME() or CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(), all rows loaded by that specific COPY command will have the same timestamp. This is because the default value for the timestamp is evaluated at the start of the COPY operation, and that same value is applied to all rows loaded by

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