Snippet Name: Splitting_SQL_Scripts

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Title: Splitting SQL Scripts
Author: user
in python, i have a script for SQL i need to split by Linefeed + 'GO', what does the commadn look like? i have a simialr one that splits by "GO;": sqlFile.split('GO;')

Author: ChatGPT
User is working with SQL in Python and has a script that needs to be split by Linefeed + 'GO'.

Author: tool
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Author: ChatGPT
To split your SQL script by Linefeed followed by 'GO', you can use the following command:

```python
sqlFile.split('\nGO')
```

If you also want to handle cases where there might be whitespace around 'GO', you can use a regular expression:

```python
import re
sqlFile.split(re.compile(r'\n\s*GO\s*\n', re.IGNORECASE))
```

This will split the script at any occurrence of 'GO' preceded by a Linefeed and followed by an optional Linefeed.

Author: user
i get an error "must be str or None, not re.Pattern"

Author: ChatGPT
The error occurs because the `split()` function expects a string or `None`, not a compiled regular expression (`re.Pattern`). To split using a regular expression, you should use the `re.split()` function instead. Here's how you can do it:

```python
import re

sqlFile = "your SQL script here"
split_sql = re.split(r'\n\s*GO\s*\n', sqlFile, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
```

This will split the script based on a Linefeed followed by 'GO' (case-insensitive) and optional whitespace or additional Linefeeds.