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You can use SQL to create, modify, search, and display database information. Dynamic SQL lets you create a query string based off of user input. SQL Server allows you to create dynamic SQL statements.

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This SQL feature allows you to query within a result set, creatively limit your result set, or correlate your results with an otherwise unrelated query in a single call to the database.

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