Data Manipulation Language (DML) Statements (Transact-SQL)
Data Manipulation Language (DML) is a vocabulary used to retrieve and work with data in SQL Server 2012. Use these statements to add, modify, query, or remove data from a SQL Server database.
In This Section
The following table lists the DML statements that SQL Server uses.
The following table lists the clauses that are used in multiple DML statements or clauses.
Clause |
Can be used in these statements |
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DELETE, SELECT, UPDATE |
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DELETE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE |
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DELETE, SELECT, UPDATE |
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DELETE, INSERT, MERGE, UPDATE |
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DELETE, MERGE, SELECT, UPDATE |
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FROM, INSERT, MERGE |
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DELETE, INSERT, MERGE, SELECT, UPDATE |
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DELETE, SELECT, UPDATE |
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DELETE, INSERT, MERGE, SELECT, UPDATE |