SQL Server supports INSTEAD OF, AFTER and BEFORE triggers.

More Questions from SQL Server 2000

• SQL Server supports a language called Transact-SQL (also called T-SQL).
• With SQL Server pessimistic locking, no lock is obtained until the user updates the data.
• Better security occurs if Windows-only authentication is selected.
• SQL Server indexes are special data structures used to improve performance.
• With SQL Server optimistic locking, an update lock is placed on the row when the row is read.
• An SQL Server reserved word must be placed in brackets. If the word is not in brackets, SQL Server will try to interpret it as the name of one of its special words.
• A differential backup makes a copy of the entire database.
• READ COMMITTED is the default isolation level.
• There is only one way to create and modify tables in SQL Server. Write SQL code using either the CREATE or ALTER statements.
• SQL Server supports two kinds of indexes: clustered and nonclustered.

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