Chapter 5. Transact-SQL
Transact-SQL (T-SQL) is the dialect of the Structured Query Language (SQL) adopted by Microsoft's SQL Server database engine. T-SQL has been around since the early days of the Sybase code in the early 1990s. It has evolved throughout the years and today is a robust programming language based on the ANSI SQL:2008 standard. In this chapter, you will learn how to access data using T-SQL statements as well as how to use many of the programming capabilities within the database engine, including stored procedures and functions.
The VetClinic Sample Database Revisited
Before diving in, it is important to revisit the VetClinic database that you created in the previous chapter. You'll use that database for all of the examples in this ...
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