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CRLF and “GO”

I frequently find myself writing SQL that generates SQL. On SQL Server, I like to build a string that contains the SQL statement followed by “GO”. To do that I use CHAR(13)+CHAR(10)+’GO’+CHAR(13)+CHAR(10) at the end of the string e.g.

{some_generated_SQL}+CHAR(13)+CHAR(10)+’GO’+CHAR(13)+CHAR(10)

That way, when I paste the query results into SSMS or a text editor I get:

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{first_generated_SQL}
GO
{second_generated_SQL}
GO
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