SQL Server Standards Support

The Microsoft SQL Server Standards Support documentation contains detailed technical documents for certain standards that are implemented in SQL Server.

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Specification	Description
[MS-SQLXQUERY]: SQL XQuery Standards Support Document	Describes the level of support that is provided by Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 for the XQuery query language and the choices made when implementing XQuery 1.0, the XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 functions and operators, and the XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 data model. Click here to view this version of the [MS-SQLXQUERY] PDF.
[MS-TSQLISO02]: SQL Server Transact-SQL ISO/IEC 9075-2 Standards Support Document	Describes the level of support that is provided by Transact-SQL in both SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012 for Part 2: Foundation (SQL/Foundation) of the SQL language ISO/IEC 9075 international standard specification. Click here to view this version of the [MS-TSQLISO02] PDF.
[MS-TSQLISO03]: SQL Server Transact-SQL ISO/IEC 9075-3 Standards Support Document	Describes the level of support that is provided by Transact-SQL in both SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012 for Part 3: Call-Level Interface (SQL/CLI) of the SQL language ISO/IEC 9075 international standard specification. Click here to view this version of the [MS-TSQLISO03] PDF.
[MS-TSQLISO11]: SQL Server Transact-SQL ISO/IEC 9075-11 Standards Support Document	Describes the level of support that is provided by Transact-SQL in both SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012 for Part 11: Information and Definition Schemas (SQL/Schemata) of the SQL language ISO/IEC 9075 international standard specification. Click here to view this version of the [MS-TSQLISO11] PDF.
[MS-TSQLISO14]: SQL Server Transact-SQL ISO/IEC 9075-14 Standards Support Document	Describes the level of support that is provided by Transact-SQL in both SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012 for Part 14: XML-Related Specifications (SQL/XML) of the SQL language ISO/IEC 9075 international standard specification and for the XML standards on which the international standard is based. Click here to view this version of the [MS-TSQLISO14] PDF.

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