Chapter 35. What’s New for Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2005

IN THIS CHAPTER

SQL Server 2005 introduces some new features and changes to the Transact-SQL (T-SQL) language. The focus in this chapter is primarily on the new and modified Data Manipulation Language (DML) commands and programming constructs built into T-SQL. The various new and updated Data Definition Language (DDL) commands are covered in other chapters, primarily those in Part IV, “Database Administration.”

SQL Server 2005 doesn’t really provide many new Transact-SQL DML statements over ...

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