Data Manipulation Language (DML) Statements (Transact-SQL)

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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.

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The following table lists the DML statements that SQL Server uses.

BULK INSERT (Transact-SQL)

SELECT (Transact-SQL)

DELETE (Transact-SQL)

UPDATE (Transact-SQL)

INSERT (Transact-SQL)

UPDATETEXT (Transact-SQL)

MERGE (Transact-SQL)

WRITETEXT (Transact-SQL)

READTEXT (Transact-SQL)

The following table lists the clauses that are used in multiple DML statements or clauses.

Clause

Can be used in these statements

FROM (Transact-SQL)

DELETE, SELECT, UPDATE

Hints (Transact-SQL)

DELETE, INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE

OPTION Clause (Transact-SQL)

DELETE, SELECT, UPDATE

OUTPUT Clause (Transact-SQL)

DELETE, INSERT, MERGE, UPDATE

Search Condition (Transact-SQL)

DELETE, MERGE, SELECT, UPDATE

Table Value Constructor (Transact-SQL)

FROM, INSERT, MERGE

TOP (Transact-SQL)

DELETE, INSERT, MERGE, SELECT, UPDATE

WHERE (Transact-SQL)

DELETE, SELECT, UPDATE

WITH common_table_expression (Transact-SQL)

DELETE, INSERT, MERGE, SELECT, UPDATE