Chapter 4. Data Manipulation Language—INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, SELECT

This chapter covers Data Manipulation Language (DML) statements for Microsoft SQL Server.

Data Manipulation Language consists of those SQL statements that manage database data values.

The four fundamental DML statements are as follows:

  • INSERT— adds a new row to a table. See page 424.

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