Chapter 1: SQL Building Blocks
SQL language characters
SQL keywords, Transact-SQL extensions,
and special characters such as the comparison operators > and <,
can be represented only by 7-bit ASCII values A– Z,
a –z, 0–9, and the following ASCII characters:
Table 1-1: ASCII
characters used in SQL
character
|
description
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;
|
(semicolon)
|
(
|
(open parenthesis)
|
)
|
(close parenthesis)
|
,
|
(comma)
|
:
|
(colon)
|
%
|
(percent sign)
|
-
|
(minus sign)
|
?
|
(question mark)
|
’
|
(single quote)
|
"
|
(double quote)
|
+
|
(plus sign)
|
_
|
(underscore)
|
*
|
(asterisk)
|
/
|
(slash)
|
|
(space)
|
<
|
(less than operator)
|
>
|
(greater than operator)
|
=
|
(equals operator)
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&
|
(ampersand)
|
|
|
(vertical bar)
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^
|
(circumflex)
|
[
|
(left bracket)
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]
|
(right bracket)
|
@
|
(at sign)
|
~
|
(tilde)
|
!
|
(exclamation point)
|
$
|
(dollar sign)
|
#
|
(number sign)
|
.
|
(period)
|
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