MicrosoftDocs · craigg-msft · Nov 16, 2017 · Nov 7, 2017 · Nov 7, 2017 · Nov 7, 2017
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/TOC.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/TOC.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# [Overview)](language-elements-transact-sql.md)  
+# [Overview](language-elements-transact-sql.md)  
 # [-- (Comment)](comment-transact-sql.md)  
-# [Slash Star Comment](slash-star-comment-transact-sql.md)  
+# [Slash Star (Block Comment)](slash-star-comment-transact-sql.md)  
 # [CREATE DIAGNOSTICS SESSION](create-diagnostics-session-transact-sql.md)  
 # [NULL and UNKNOWN](null-and-unknown-transact-sql.md)  
 # [USE](use-transact-sql.md)  
@@ -39,33 +39,33 @@
 ## [Set - EXCEPT and INTERSECT](set-operators-except-and-intersect-transact-sql.md)  
 ## [Set - UNION](set-operators-union-transact-sql.md)  
 ## [Arithmetic](arithmetic-operators-transact-sql.md)  
-### [+ (Add)](add-transact-sql.md)  
-### [+= (Add EQUALS)](add-equals-transact-sql.md)  
-### [- (Subtract)](subtract-transact-sql.md)  
-### [-= (Subtract EQUALS)](subtract-equals-transact-sql.md)  
-### [* (Multiply)](multiply-transact-sql.md)  
-### [*= (Multiply EQUALS)](multiply-equals-transact-sql.md)  
-### [(Divide)](divide-transact-sql.md)  
-### [/= (Divide EQUALS)](divide-equals-transact-sql.md)  
-### [Modulo](modulo-transact-sql.md)  
-### [Modulo EQUALS](modulo-equals-transact-sql.md)  
-## [Assignment](assignment-operator-transact-sql.md)  
+### [+ (Addition)](add-transact-sql.md)  
+### [+= (Addition Assignment)](add-equals-transact-sql.md)  
+### [- (Subtraction)](subtract-transact-sql.md)  
+### [-= (Subtraction Assignment)](subtract-equals-transact-sql.md)  
+### [\* (Multiplication)](multiply-transact-sql.md)  
+### [\*= (Multiplication Assignment)](multiply-equals-transact-sql.md)  
+### [/ (Division)](divide-transact-sql.md)  
+### [/= (Division Assignment)](divide-equals-transact-sql.md)  
+### [Modulus](modulo-transact-sql.md)  
+### [Modulus Assignment](modulo-equals-transact-sql.md)  
+## [= (Assignment)](assignment-operator-transact-sql.md)  
 ## [Bitwise](bitwise-operators-transact-sql.md)  
-### [& (Bitwise AND)](bitwise-and-transact-sql.md)  
-### [&= (Bitwise AND EQUALS)](bitwise-and-equals-transact-sql.md)  
+### [\& (Bitwise AND)](bitwise-and-transact-sql.md)  
+### [\&= (Bitwise AND Assignment)](bitwise-and-equals-transact-sql.md)  
 ### [| (Bitwise OR)](bitwise-or-transact-sql.md)  
-### [|= (Bitwise OR EQUALS)](bitwise-or-equals-transact-sql.md)  
+### [|= (Bitwise OR Assignment)](bitwise-or-equals-transact-sql.md)  
 ### [^ (Bitwise Exclusive OR)](bitwise-exclusive-or-transact-sql.md)  
-### [^= (Bitwise Exclusive OR EQUALS)](bitwise-exclusive-or-equals-transact-sql.md)  
+### [^= (Bitwise Exclusive OR Assignment)](bitwise-exclusive-or-equals-transact-sql.md)  
 ### [~ (Bitwise NOT)](bitwise-not-transact-sql.md)  
 ## [Comparison](comparison-operators-transact-sql.md)  
 ### [= (Equals)](equals-transact-sql.md)  
 ### [> (Greater Than)](greater-than-transact-sql.md)  
-### [< (Less Than)](less-than-transact-sql.md)  
+### [\< (Less Than)](less-than-transact-sql.md)  
 ### [>= (Greater Than or Equal To)](greater-than-or-equal-to-transact-sql.md)  
-### [<= (Less Than or Equal To)](less-than-or-equal-to-transact-sql.md)  
-### [<> (Not Equal To)](not-equal-to-transact-sql-traditional.md)  
-### [!< (Not Less Than)](not-less-than-transact-sql.md)  
+### [\<= (Less Than or Equal To)](less-than-or-equal-to-transact-sql.md)  
+### [\<> (Not Equal To)](not-equal-to-transact-sql-traditional.md)  
+### [!\< (Not Less Than)](not-less-than-transact-sql.md)  
 ### [!= (Not Equal To)](not-equal-to-transact-sql-exclamation.md)  
 ### [!> (Not Greater Than)](not-greater-than-transact-sql.md)  
 ## [Compound](compound-operators-transact-sql.md)  
@@ -80,15 +80,15 @@
 ### [NOT](not-transact-sql.md)  
 ### [OR](or-transact-sql.md)  
 ### [SOME | ANY](some-any-transact-sql.md)  
-## [Scope Resolution](scope-resolution-operator-transact-sql.md)  
+## [:: (Scope Resolution)](scope-resolution-operator-transact-sql.md)  
 ## [String](string-operators-transact-sql.md)  
-### [+ (String concatenation)](string-concatenation-transact-sql.md)  
-### [+= (String concatenation)](string-concatenation-equal-transact-sql.md)  
+### [+ (String Concatenation)](string-concatenation-transact-sql.md)  
+### [+= (String Concatenation Assignment)](string-concatenation-equal-transact-sql.md)  
 ### [Percent character (Wildcard - Character(s) to Match)](percent-character-wildcard-character-s-to-match-transact-sql.md)  
-### [(Wildcard - Character(s) to Match)](wildcard-character-s-to-match-transact-sql.md)  
-### [(Wildcard - Character(s) Not to Match)](wildcard-character-s-not-to-match-transact-sql.md)  
-### [_ (Wildcard - Match One Character)](wildcard-match-one-character-transact-sql.md)  
-## [Operator precedence](operator-precedence-transact-sql.md)  
+### [&#91; &#93; (Wildcard - Character(s) to Match)](wildcard-character-s-to-match-transact-sql.md)  
+### [&#91;^&#93; (Wildcard - Character(s) Not to Match)](wildcard-character-s-not-to-match-transact-sql.md)  
+### [\_ (Wildcard - Match One Character)](wildcard-match-one-character-transact-sql.md)  
+## [Operator Precedence](operator-precedence-transact-sql.md)  
 
 # [Transactions](transactions-transact-sql.md)  
 ## [Transactions](transactions-sql-data-warehouse.md)  

diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/add-equals-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/add-equals-transact-sql.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: "+= (Add EQUALS) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
+title: "+= (Addition Assignment) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
 ms.custom: ""
 ms.date: "03/16/2017"
 ms.prod: "sql-non-specified"
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ dev_langs:
 helpviewer_keywords: 
   - "+= (add equals)"
   - "compound operators, +="
+  - "assignment operators, +="
+  - "augmented operators, +="
 ms.assetid: 9ea52519-80d1-473f-b988-0572f0e2c92f
 caps.latest.revision: 17
 author: "BYHAM"
 ms.author: "rickbyh"
 manager: "jhubbard"
 ms.workload: "On Demand"
 ---
-# += (Add EQUALS) (Transact-SQL)
+# += (Addition Assignment) (Transact-SQL)
 [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]
 
   Adds two numbers and sets a value to the result of the operation. For example, if a variable @x equals 35, then @x += 2 takes the original value of @x, add 2 and sets @x to that new value (37).  
@@ -45,12 +47,12 @@ expression += expression
  Returns the data type of the argument with the higher precedence. For more information, see [Data Type Precedence &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/data-types/data-type-precedence-transact-sql.md).  
 
 ## Remarks  
- For more information, see [+ &#40;Add&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/add-transact-sql.md).  
+ For more information, see [+ &#40;Addition&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/add-transact-sql.md).  
 
 ## See Also  
  [Compound Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/compound-operators-transact-sql.md)   
  [Expressions &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/expressions-transact-sql.md)   
  [Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)   
- [+= &#40;String Concatenation&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/string-concatenation-equal-transact-sql.md)  
+ [+= &#40;String Concatenation Assignment&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/string-concatenation-equal-transact-sql.md)  
 
 
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/add-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/add-transact-sql.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: "+ (Add) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
+title: "+ (Addition) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
 ms.custom: ""
 ms.date: "03/16/2017"
 ms.prod: "sql-non-specified"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ms.author: "rickbyh"
 manager: "jhubbard"
 ms.workload: "On Demand"
 ---
-# + (Add) (Transact-SQL)
+# + (Addition) (Transact-SQL)
 [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]
 
   Adds two numbers. This addition arithmetic operator can also add a number, in days, to a date.  
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ ORDER BY TotalHoursAway ASC;
 ## See Also  
  [Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)   
  [Compound Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/compound-operators-transact-sql.md)   
- [+= &#40;Add EQUALS&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/add-equals-transact-sql.md)   
+ [+= &#40;Addition Assignment&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/add-equals-transact-sql.md)   
  [CAST and CONVERT &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/functions/cast-and-convert-transact-sql.md)   
  [Data Type Conversion &#40;Database Engine&#41;](../../t-sql/data-types/data-type-conversion-database-engine.md)   
  [Data Types &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/data-types/data-types-transact-sql.md)   

diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/assignment-operator-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/assignment-operator-transact-sql.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: "Assignment Operator (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
+title: "= (Assignment Operator) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
 ms.custom: ""
 ms.date: "03/14/2017"
 ms.prod: "sql-non-specified"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ms.author: "rickbyh"
 manager: "jhubbard"
 ms.workload: "On Demand"
 ---
-# Assignment Operator (Transact-SQL)
+# = (Assignment Operator) (Transact-SQL)
 [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2012-all_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2012-all-md.md)]
 
   The equal sign (=) is the only [!INCLUDE[tsql](../../includes/tsql-md.md)] assignment operator. In the following example, the `@MyCounter` variable is created, and then the assignment operator sets `@MyCounter` to a value returned by an expression.  
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ GO
 
 ## See Also  
  [Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)   
+ [Compound Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/compound-operators-transact-sql.md)   
  [Expressions &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/expressions-transact-sql.md)  
 
 
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-and-equals-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-and-equals-transact-sql.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: "&amp;= (Bitwise AND EQUALS) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
+title: "&amp;= (Bitwise AND Assignment) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
 ms.custom: ""
 ms.date: "01/10/2017"
 ms.prod: "sql-non-specified"
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ dev_langs:
   - "TSQL"
 helpviewer_keywords: 
   - "compound operators, &="
+  - "assignment operators, &="
+  - "augmented operators, &="
   - "&= (bitwise AND equals)"
 ms.assetid: f374c885-3fee-434a-93fb-dfe6e0bcd100
 caps.latest.revision: 15
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ ms.author: "rickbyh"
 manager: "jhubbard"
 ms.workload: "Inactive"
 ---
-# &amp;= (Bitwise AND EQUALS) (Transact-SQL)
+# &amp;= (Bitwise AND Assignment) (Transact-SQL)
 [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]
 
   Performs a bitwise logical AND operation between two integer values, and sets a value to the result of the operation.  

diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-and-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-and-transact-sql.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ GO
  [Expressions &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/expressions-transact-sql.md)   
  [Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)   
  [Bitwise Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-operators-transact-sql.md)   
- [&= &#40;Bitwise AND EQUALS&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-and-equals-transact-sql.md)   
+ [&= &#40;Bitwise AND Assignment&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-and-equals-transact-sql.md)   
  [Compound Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/compound-operators-transact-sql.md)  
 
 

diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-exclusive-or-equals-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-exclusive-or-equals-transact-sql.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: "^= (Bitwise Exclusive OR EQUALS) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
+title: "^= (Bitwise Exclusive OR Assignment) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
 ms.custom: ""
 ms.date: "01/10/2017"
 ms.prod: "sql-non-specified"
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ dev_langs:
 helpviewer_keywords: 
   - "^= (bitwise exclusive OR equals)"
   - "compound operators, ^="
+  - "assignment operators, ^="
+  - "augmented operators, ^="
 ms.assetid: ce524b0f-a24d-44e7-bd5b-b6943793cd48
 caps.latest.revision: 15
 author: "BYHAM"
 ms.author: "rickbyh"
 manager: "jhubbard"
 ms.workload: "Inactive"
 ---
-# ^= (Bitwise Exclusive OR EQUALS) (Transact-SQL)
+# ^= (Bitwise Exclusive OR Assignment) (Transact-SQL)
 [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]
 
   Performs a bitwise exclusive OR operation between two integer values, and sets a value to the result of the operation.  

diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-exclusive-or-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-exclusive-or-transact-sql.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ GO
  [Expressions &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/expressions-transact-sql.md)   
  [Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)   
  [Bitwise Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-operators-transact-sql.md)   
- [^= &#40;Bitwise Exclusive OR EQUALS&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-exclusive-or-equals-transact-sql.md)   
+ [^= &#40;Bitwise Exclusive OR Assignment&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-exclusive-or-equals-transact-sql.md)   
  [Compound Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/compound-operators-transact-sql.md)  
 
 

diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-operators-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-operators-transact-sql.md
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ ms.workload: "Active"
 |NOT  <br> Reverses the bit value at every bit location. |1010 1010 = 170 <br>----------------- <br>  0101 0101 =   85 |
 
 See the following topics:   
-* [& (Bitwise AND)](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-and-transact-sql.md)  
-* [&= (Bitwise AND EQUALS)](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-and-equals-transact-sql.md)   
-* [&#124; (Bitwise OR)](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-or-transact-sql.md)  
-* [&#124;= (Bitwise OR EQUALS)](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-or-equals-transact-sql.md)   
-* [^ (Bitwise Exclusive OR)](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-exclusive-or-transact-sql.md)  
-* [^= (Bitwise Exclusive OR EQUALS)](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-exclusive-or-equals-transact-sql.md)  
-* [~ (Bitwise NOT)](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-not-transact-sql.md)  
+* [& &#40;Bitwise AND&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-and-transact-sql.md)  
+* [&= &#40;Bitwise AND Assignment&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-and-equals-transact-sql.md)   
+* [&#124; &#40;Bitwise OR&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-or-transact-sql.md)  
+* [&#124;= &#40;Bitwise OR Assignment&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-or-equals-transact-sql.md)   
+* [^ &#40;Bitwise Exclusive OR&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-exclusive-or-transact-sql.md)  
+* [^= &#40;Bitwise Exclusive OR Assignment&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-exclusive-or-equals-transact-sql.md)  
+* [~ &#40;Bitwise NOT&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-not-transact-sql.md)  
 
  The operands for bitwise operators can be any one of the data types of the integer or binary string data type categories (except for the **image** data type), except that both operands cannot be any one of the data types of the binary string data type category. The following table shows the supported operand data types.  
 
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ See the following topics:
 
 ## See Also  
  [Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)   
- [Data Types &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/data-types/data-types-transact-sql.md)  
-
+ [Data Types &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/data-types/data-types-transact-sql.md)   
+ [Compound Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/compound-operators-transact-sql.md)   
 
diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-or-equals-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-or-equals-transact-sql.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: "|= (Bitwise OR EQUALS) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
+title: "|= (Bitwise OR Assignment) (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
 ms.custom: ""
 ms.date: "01/10/2017"
 ms.prod: "sql-non-specified"
@@ -16,15 +16,17 @@ dev_langs:
   - "TSQL"
 helpviewer_keywords: 
   - "compound operators, |="
-  - "|= (bitwize OR equals)"
+  - "assignment operators, |="
+  - "augmented operators, |="
+  - "|= (bitwise OR equals)"
 ms.assetid: bd746a4f-6498-4196-bf2e-b6f457a15d44
 caps.latest.revision: 15
 author: "BYHAM"
 ms.author: "rickbyh"
 manager: "jhubbard"
 ms.workload: "Inactive"
 ---
-# |= (Bitwise OR EQUALS) (Transact-SQL)
+# |= (Bitwise OR Assignment) (Transact-SQL)
 [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]
 
   Performs a bitwise logical OR operation between two specified integer values as translated to binary expressions within [!INCLUDE[tsql](../../includes/tsql-md.md)] statements, and sets a value to the result of the operation.  

diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-or-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-or-transact-sql.md
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ GO
 ## See Also  
  [Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)   
  [Bitwise Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-operators-transact-sql.md)   
- [&#124;= &#40;Bitwise OR EQUALS&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-or-equals-transact-sql.md)   
+ [&#124;= &#40;Bitwise OR Assignment&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/bitwise-or-equals-transact-sql.md)   
  [Compound Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/compound-operators-transact-sql.md)  
 
 

diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/comment-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/comment-transact-sql.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ms.workload: "On Demand"
 
  For more information about keyboard shortcuts, see [SQL Server Management Studio Keyboard Shortcuts](../../tools/sql-server-management-studio/sql-server-management-studio-keyboard-shortcuts.md).  
 
- For multiline comments, see [Slash Star Comment &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/slash-star-comment-transact-sql.md).  
+ For multiline comments, see [Slash Star &#40;Block Comment&#41; &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/slash-star-comment-transact-sql.md).  
 
 ## Examples  
  The following example uses the -- commenting characters.  

diff --git a/docs/t-sql/language-elements/comparison-operators-transact-sql.md b/docs/t-sql/language-elements/comparison-operators-transact-sql.md
@@ -65,5 +65,6 @@ IF (@MyProduct <> 0)
 
 ## See Also  
  [Expressions &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/expressions-transact-sql.md)  
+ [Operators &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)
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		## See Also
		[Expressions (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/expressions-transact-sql.md)
		[Operators (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/operators-transact-sql.md)