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SQL (Pronounced "Ess-Que-El") Stands For Structured Query Language. SQL Is

SQL is a standard language used to communicate with relational databases like Microsoft Access. SQL statements are used to perform tasks like updating or retrieving data from a database. While different database systems have their own proprietary extensions, the core SQL commands like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, and DROP can accomplish most common database tasks. Microsoft Access is a relational database management system that uses SQL.

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SQL (Pronounced "Ess-Que-El") Stands For Structured Query Language. SQL Is

SQL is a standard language used to communicate with relational databases like Microsoft Access. SQL statements are used to perform tasks like updating or retrieving data from a database. While different database systems have their own proprietary extensions, the core SQL commands like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, and DROP can accomplish most common database tasks. Microsoft Access is a relational database management system that uses SQL.

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What is SQL and what's it got to do with Microsoft Access ?

SQL (pronounced "ess-que-el") stands for Structured Query Language. SQL is


used to communicate with a database. According to ANSI (American National
Standards Institute), it is the standard language for relational database
management systems.
SQL statements are used to perform tasks such as update data on a database, or
retrieve data from a database. Some common relational database management
systems that use SQL are: Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft
Access, Ingres, etc.
Although most database systems use SQL, most of them also have their own
additional proprietary extensions that are usually only used on their system.
However, the standard SQL commands such as "Select", "Insert", "Update",
"Delete", "Create", and "Drop" can be used to accomplish almost everything
that one needs to do with a database.

How to Use SQL 

While an application might be programmed in a language like Python, PHP or


Ruby, databases are not configured to understand these. Historically, databases
understand only Sequel (though this has changed significantly in recent years).
Because of this, learning SQL is almost a must if you intend to work in web
development or app development.

Like other programming languages, SQL has its own markup. This makes it
necessary for a programmer to learn SQL markup before they can use it
effectively. 

Besides markup, another feature unique to database programming is the concept


of tables. A database may be represented as a number of tables. Each table has
its own number of columns and rows and represents a set of data.

What Is SQL Used For?

Databases (and therefore SQL) are used in the technology field in almost every
area where significant amounts of data are involved. Let’s look at some of the
industries that most commonly use SQL. 
💰 In the finance industry, banking applications and payment processors such
as Stripe store and operate data about financial transactions and users. Behind
these processes is a complicated database, which SQL is often used for.
Moreover, bank database systems have extra security requirements that call for
the highest levels of risk compliance in the SQL code used.

Music applications like Spotify and Pandora also make intensive-use


databases. Among other things, Sequel databases help these apps to store vast
libraries of music files and albums by various artists, operate this data to find
what the user is looking for, store the data about users and their preferences, etc.
Social media platforms involve a lot of data processing. Apps
like Instagram and Snapchat use SQL to store a user’s profile information such
as bio and location, to update the app’s database when a user creates a new post
or shares a photo, and to record messages sent from one user to another so the
user can retrieve the messages to read again at a later time.

SQL Careers and Skills In Demand

SQL is one of the most in-demand skills among all jobs in data, appearing
in 42.7% of all data job postings. In addition to dedicated SQL developer jobs,
some careers that commonly require SQL skills include:

 Database Administrator (DBA): Make sure that data is stored,


organized, and managed properly to make it easier to retrieve data
quickly and accurately.

 Database Engineer: Plans, creates, and manages databases for a


company.

 Data Analyst: Sorts through massive amounts of data to draw important


business insights from it. Data analysts use SQL to access, manipulate,
and analyze data stored in a database.

 Business Intelligence Analyst/Engineer: Analyzes data that is used to


make important business decisions. Often supports statistical analysis
initiatives. 

 QA Engineer/Tester: QA engineers and testers, like penetration testers,


find, investigate, and report bugs in software. Needs to know SQL in
order to verify that databases are functioning properly. 
 Software Engineer: Many software engineers either work directly or
indirectly with databases, which means knowing SQL can be highly
beneficial.

Filesystem vs DBMS

1. File System : 
File system is basically a way of arranging the files in a storage medium like
hard disk. File system organizes the files and helps in retrieval of files when
they are required. File systems consists of different files which are grouped
into directories. The directories further contain other folders and files. File
system performs basic operations like management, file naming, giving access
rules etc. 

2. DBMS(Database Management System) : 


Database Management System is basically a software that manages the
collection of related data. It is used for storing data and retrieving the data
effectively when it is needed. It also provides proper security measures for
protecting the data from unauthorized access. In Database Management
System the data can be fetched by SQL queries and relational algebra. It also
provides mechanisms for data recovery and data backup. 
Difference between File System and DBMS : 
 

S.NO. File System DBMS

File system is a software that manages


and organizes the files in a storage DBMS is a software for
1. medium within a computer. managing the database.

Redundant data can be present in a file In DBMS there is no redundant


2. system. data.

It doesn’t provide backup and recovery It provides backup and recovery


3. of data if it is lost. of data even if it is lost.

There is no efficient query processing in Efficient query processing is


4. file system. there in DBMS.

There is more data consistency


There is less data consistency in file because of the process of
5. system. normalization.

It has more complexity in


It is less complex as compared to handling as compared to file
6. DBMS. system.
S.NO. File System DBMS

DBMS has more security


File systems provide less security in mechanisms as compared to file
7. comparison to DBMS. system.

8. It is less expensive than DBMS. It has a comparatively higher

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