Microsoft Jet uses a dialect of SQL. For more information about the Microsoft Jet implementation of SQL, see Appendix B, “SQL Reference.” You form your requests for information by writing SQL queries or by building the query interactively through a tool such as the query design grid in Microsoft Access.
It’s not the intention of this chapter to provide a tutorial on SQL. Instead, the focus is on the unique features of the Microsoft Jet implementation of SQL and how Microsoft Jet turns SQL statements into the answers you want.