T-SQL

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T-SQL
Stands forTransact-SQL
CategoriesTechnology & Computing

T-SQL stands for Transact-SQL, a data & database abbreviation.

The proprietary SQL dialect of Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL, and originally of Sybase, adding variables, control flow, TRY...CATCH error handling and stored procedures.

Example: The report is generated by a T-SQL stored procedure scheduled in SQL Server Agent.

Usage notes

Originated at Sybase in the 1980s; Microsoft licensed Sybase's database for the first SQL Server, and the two dialects diverged afterward. T-SQL uses TOP where many other databases use LIMIT, and square brackets to quote identifiers. It is the language of SQL Server Management Studio scripts.

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