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SQL Introduction

SQL is a standard language for structuring and accessing databases. It allows users to query, insert, update, and manipulate data. Some key capabilities of SQL include executing queries, retrieving data, modifying records, and managing database structures. SQL follows standards set by ANSI and ISO but vendors have additional proprietary extensions. Websites use SQL along with server-side scripting languages and RDBMS databases to retrieve and display data.

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SQL Introduction

SQL is a standard language for structuring and accessing databases. It allows users to query, insert, update, and manipulate data. Some key capabilities of SQL include executing queries, retrieving data, modifying records, and managing database structures. SQL follows standards set by ANSI and ISO but vendors have additional proprietary extensions. Websites use SQL along with server-side scripting languages and RDBMS databases to retrieve and display data.

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SQL is a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases.

What is SQL?
SQL stands for Structured Query Language
SQL lets you access and manipulate databases
SQL became a standard of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1986, and of the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1987

What Can SQL do?


SQL can execute queries against a database
SQL can retrieve data from a database
SQL can insert records in a database
SQL can update records in a database
SQL can delete records from a database
SQL can create new databases
SQL can create new tables in a database
SQL can create stored procedures in a database
SQL can create views in a database
SQL can set permissions on tables, procedures, and views
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However, to be compliant with the ANSI standard, they all support at least the major commands (such
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Note: Most of the SQL database programs also have their own proprietary extensions in addition to
the SQL standard!

Using SQL in Your Web Site


To build a web site that shows data from a database, you will need:

An RDBMS database program (i.e. MS Access, SQL Server, MySQL)


To use a server-side scripting language, like PHP or ASP
To use SQL to get the data you want
To use HTML / CSS to style the page

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RDBMS
RDBMS stands for Relational Database Management System.
RDBMS is the basis for SQL, and for all modern database systems such as MS SQL Server, IBM DB2,
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Look at the "Customers" table:

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Every table is broken up into smaller entities called fields. The fields in the Customers table consist of
CustomerID, CustomerName, ContactName, Address, City, PostalCode and Country. A field is a
column in a table that is designed to maintain specific information about every record in the table.

A record, also called a row, is each individual entry that exists in a table. For example, there are 91
records in the above Customers table. A record is a horizontal entity in a table.

A column is a vertical entity in a table that contains all information associated with a specific field in a
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