title: How can Delete be both a DDL and a DML statement
body: <p>I am currently reading the offical Microsoft book 'Database Administration Fundamentals' in preparation to sitting it's exam. </p>
  
  <p>I understand what DDL and DML are but Microsoft show DELETE as being both a DDL and DML statement. I have googled this but I cannot anything that confirms or denies this. </p>
  
  <p>A good reference to this is the question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2578194/what-is-ddl-and-dml">What is DDL and DML</a> Which shows it as a DML. Below is the segments from the book:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Data Manipulation Language (DML) is the language element that allows
    you to use the core statements INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE to
    manipulate data in any SQL Server tables. Core DML statements include
    the following: • SELECT: Retrieves rows from the database and enables
    the selection of one or many rows or columns from one or many tables
    in SQL Server. • INSERT: Adds one or more new rows to a table or a
    view in SQL Server. • UPDATE: Changes existing data in one or more
    columns in a table or view. • DELETE: Removes rows from a table or
    view. • MERGE: Performs insert, update, or delete operations on a
    target table based on the results of a join with a source table.</p>
    
    <p>the six main DDL statements are as follows: • USE: Changes the
    database context. • CREATE: Creates a SQL Server database object
    (table, view, or stored procedure). • ALTER: Changes an existing
    object. • DROP: Removes an object from the database. • TRUNCATE:
    Removes rows from a table and frees the space used by those rows. •
    DELETE: Remove rows from a table but does not free the space used by
    those rows removed.</p>
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  <p>Is the book out of date/ wrong. Can someone help shed light on this I see conflicting lists of what are the full DDL and DML statements. </p>