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Clarification and disambiguation of terminology in order to focus on clear, consistent, distinct, and easily recognized usages for databases and database technology.

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What is a "statement batch"?

I know what a statement is and I know what a batch is, but what is a "statement batch"? T-SQL's documentation uses the term in two places that I've found. If a TRY...CATCH construct is not available, …
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Why is COALESCE not a function?

The docs insist that ISNULL is a function, but COALESCE is not. Specifically, they say The ISNULL function and the COALESCE expression If I put on my Lisp hat, I can think of COALESCE as a macro and …
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