Chapter 3. SQL Statement Command Reference
This chapter is the heart of SQL in a Nutshell,
Second Edition. It is an alphabetical listing of SQL commands with
detailed explanations and examples. Each command and function is
identified in Table 3-1 as being
"supported,"
"supported with variations,"
"supported with limitations," or
"not supported," for each of the
five SQL dialects covered in this book: DB2, MySQL, Oracle,
PostgreSQL, SQL Server. After a brief description of the SQL2003
standard, each vendor application is discussed briefly but
thoroughly, with supporting examples. If a specific platform does not
support a particular command, that fact will be noted in the table
that heads the command and then the command will not be listed for
that platform. Similarly, although SQL in a
Nutshell, Second Edition, is not a
comprehensive review of the SQL2003 standard, each command has been
validated against SQL2003.
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