Introduction

This book is designed to help you teach yourself how to access data in a SQL Server database by using Transact-SQL. In just 21 days, you will learn about such fundamentals as retrieving, modifying, and updating data in the database. Lessons provide sample listings—complete with sample output to illustrate the topics of the day. Syntax examples are clearly marked for handy reference.

To help you become more proficient, each lesson ends with a set of common questions and answers, a quiz, and exercises. You can check your progress by examining the quiz and exercise answers provided in Appendix A, "Answers to Quizzes and Exercises."

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