Answer: COPY INTO TABLE statement

According to Snowflake documentation and the community discussion, when file format options are specified in multiple locations during a load operation, the order of precedence is: 1) COPY INTO TABLE statement (highest precedence), 2) Stage definition, 3) Table definition (lowest precedence). The question asks which location is used FIRST in order of precedence, which means the option with the highest priority that will be applied first. The COPY INTO TABLE statement takes precedence over all other locations, making D the correct answer. The community discussion confirms this with 100% consensus on answer D, and additional comments provide the complete precedence order: D (COPY INTO TABLE), B (Stage definition), A (Table definition). Session level (C) is not part of the file format precedence hierarchy for load operations.

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