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Structured Query Language (SQL)

Structured Query Language (SQL)

This lesson introduces users to SQL.

What is SQL?

SQL is Structured Query Language, which is a computer language for storing, manipulating and retrieving data in a relational database.

SQL is the standard language for a relational database system. All the Relational Database Management Systems (RDMS) like MySQL, MS Access, Oracle, and SQL Server use SQL as their standard database language.

A brief history of SQL

SQL was initially developed by IBM in the early 1970s. The initial ...