SQL Server 2017 Developer???s Guide

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The simplest query to retrieve the data that you can write includes the SELECT and the FROM clauses. In the SELECT clause, you can use the star character (*), literally SELECT *, to denote that you need all columns from a table in the result set."

A block of code is set as follows:

USE WideWorldImportersDW; 
SELECT * 
FROM Dimension.Customer;

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

USE WideWorldImporters; ...