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.

  • Stored procedures provide a way to keep compiled SQL statements on the database server.

  • The ADO.NET SqlCommand object enables ...

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