[AccessD] Access SQL

You can optionally set the database to use SQL Server compatible syntax
(ANSI 92) in the options menu.


> On 23 Jul 2005 at 18:10, Joe Hecht wrote:
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>> What kind of SQL does Access use?
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>> Is it T- SQL ?
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> No, it's Access SQL.
> It's similar to T-SQL in that the basic commands  INSERT, SELECT, DELETE,
> UPDATE, JOIN, WHERE, GROUPBY etc) and syntax are the same.
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> The main differences are that is uses standard Access/Windows wildcards
> rather than the T-SQL ones ("*" = "%" and "?" = "_") and it uses VBA
> functions in lieu of the T-SQL ones for type convertions, string
> manipulation, conditionals (such as IIF()) etc.
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