Installing English Query

Microsoft English Query is a development tool designed to give you the ability to create applications that allow users to query a Microsoft® SQL Server™ database in English. For example, users can ask, “How many widgets were sold in Washington last year?” instead of using the SQL statements:

SELECT sum(Orders.Quantity) from Orders, Parts

WHERE Orders.State='WA'

    and Datepart(Orders.Purchase_Date,'Year')='1996'

    and Parts.PartName='widget'

    and Orders.Part_ID=Parts.Part_ID

When you install Microsoft English Query, a Start menu item named English Query is created in the Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 program group. It contains these shortcuts:

• English Query Help
• Microsoft English Query
• Readme

For more information, see English Query Help.

To install English Query