T-SQL and ANSI/ISO SQL
The ANSI SQL standard has evolved over the years and provides standards for commands for data definition, data access, and data manipulation. Each new iteration of the ANSI SQL standard incorporates more features and capabilities than the previous standards. The most recent version of the ANSI SQL standard is SQL-99. ANSI SQL-92 was the last major ANSI SQL standard released. Three levels of compliance are defined for the ANSI SQL standards: entry level, intermediate, and full.
SQL Server 2000 is entry-level compliant with the ANSI SQL-92 standard. What this means is that SQL Server provides all of the core features defined in the ANSI SQL-92 standard to achieve any level of compliance. In addition, SQL Server already provides ...
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