Consuming and Manipulating Data

Access and manipulate data from a Microsoft SQL Server database by creating and using ad hoc queries and stored procedures

  • Transact-SQL is the Microsoft SQL Server dialect of the ANSI SQL-92 standard query language.

  • You can execute T-SQL statements from a variety of interfaces, including the Visual Studio .NET IDE, osql, SQL Query Analyzer, or custom applications.

  • SELECT statements retrieve data from tables in a database.

  • INSERT statements add new data to tables in a database.

  • UPDATE statements modify existing data in tables in a database.

  • DELETE statements remove data from tables in a database.

  • You can create new stored procedures via Server Explorer and design them directly in Visual Studio .NET.

  • To execute a query ...

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