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Day: May 17, 2017

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Querying a Database

Posted on 17 May 201711 May 2017 by randolph

When we want to retrieve information from a database, we query the structure with language appropriate to the database. Remember right at the start of this series we saw that a database could be a phone book or a recipe book. So how do we find the phone number of Randolph West? By looking up the
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Randolph West

Randolph West

Randolph West (they/them) is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, and has worked with SQL Server since the late 1990s. When not consulting, you can see them acting on the stage and screen, or doing voices for independent video games. Also available for mentoring, talks on SQL Server and technology in general, Randolph offers training for junior DBAs. Connect with Randolph on Twitter. Buy their books on Amazon.

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