Database Concepts (8th Edition)
Database Concepts (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134601533
Author: David M. Kroenke, David J. Auer, Scott L. Vandenberg, Robert C. Yoder
Publisher: PEARSON
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SQL:

  • SQL stands for structured query language.
  • It allows the user to store and retrieve data from a database.
    • It is a query language which consists of a set of statements.
    • Some of the SQL statements to stores, retrieves, and updates are SELECT, INSERT, and UPDATE.

Purpose of SQL:

  • SQL is used to interact or modify the data like inserting the data, deleting the data and updating the data in relational databases...

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