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I see lots of articles that use the term DML. What exactly does this mean and what are examples of it? Are all T-SQL statements DML?
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DML stands for Data Manipulation Language so any statement that manipulates data would be DML, like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE. Another type of T-SQL statements are DDL (Data Definition Language) and this is where you define the structures for your data like CREATE, ALTER, DROP. A third type would be Access Control which would be things like GRANT, REVOKE, DENY. I don't think these fit in DML or DDL.
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DML stands for 'Data Manipulation Language' and covers all T-SQL statements that retrieve, store or modify data. DDL is the other main category, and stands for 'Data Definition Language'. This covers T-SQL statements that modify objects in the schema. Edit -> thought i should mention the other categories, as Jack did. You have DCL - 'Data Control Language' - which as Jack says is to do with data security. Then you have TCL - 'Transaction Control Language' - which are statements to do with opening and closing transactions.
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