October 2002
Beginner
864 pages
18h 41m
English
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Bonus Day 5
Quiz
| 1: | True or false: The use of the word SQL in Oracle's PL/SQL and Microsoft/Sybase's Transact-SQL implies that these products are fully compliant with the ANSI standard. |
| A1: | False. The word SQL is not protected by copyright. The products mentioned do comply with much of the ANSI standard, but they do not fully comply with everything in that standard. |
| 2: | True or false: Transact-SQL is case sensitive. |
| A2: | False. Transact-SQL commands are not case sensitive. |
| 3: | What data type is often used to flag certain rows of data within a table? |
| A3: | bit. |
| 4: | What statement is used to execute a block of statements in Transact-SQL? |
| A4: | The GO statement. |
| 5: | What driver is required in order for Java programs with embedded SQL to be able to communicate with ... |
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