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SQL Abc

SQL, or Structured Query Language, is a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases, established by ANSI in 1986 and ISO in 1987. It allows users to execute queries, retrieve, insert, update, delete records, and create databases, tables, stored procedures, and views. While there are different versions of SQL, they all support key commands in a similar manner to comply with the ANSI standard.

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SQL Abc

SQL, or Structured Query Language, is a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases, established by ANSI in 1986 and ISO in 1987. It allows users to execute queries, retrieve, insert, update, delete records, and create databases, tables, stored procedures, and views. While there are different versions of SQL, they all support key commands in a similar manner to comply with the ANSI standard.

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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
SQL is a Standard - BUT....
Although SQL is an ANSI/ISO standard, there are different
versions of the SQL language.

However, to be compliant with the ANSI standard, they all


support at least the major commands (such
as SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT, WHERE) in a similar
manner.

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