Using the SQL Server Documentation SQL Server also comes with extensive electronic documentation. To access this documentation, you select Start ➣ Programs ➣ Microsoft SQL Server ➣ Books Online. | Using the SQL Server Documentation SQL Server also comes with extensive electronic documentation. To access this documentation you select Start Programs Microsoft SQL Server Books Online. Figure shows the SQL Server documentation home page. Figure SQL Server documentation home page You can browse the online books using the Contents tab and you can search for specific information using the Index and Search tabs. Figure shows some of the information for the SELECT statement which is located in the Transact-SQL reference book. Figure SELECT examples documentation Note Transact-SQL is Microsoft s implementation of SQL and contains programming extensions. You ll learn about Transact-SQL programming in Chapter 4. You can see the information shown in Figure yourself by opening Contents Transact-SQL Reference SELECT SELECT .
