Overview of SQL
What is SQL? SQL stands for the structured query language. It is pronounced as S-Q-L or sometimes see-qwell. In 1986 SQL became a standard of the American National Standards Institute(ANSI) , and of the International Organisation for Standardization(ISO) in 1987. SQL is used for storing, manipulating , retrieving, and updating data stored in the relational database. SQL is the standard language for Relational Database System. All Relational Database Management System like MySQL, MS Access, Oracle, SQL Server use SQL as their standard database language. SQL is also used to perform various operations on the records stored in the database such as creating tables, modifying tables, updating records, deleting records, etc. SQL is just a query language, it is not a database. SQL is based on relational algebra and tuple relational calculus. Functions of SQL:- It allows the user to describe the data. Users can access data from the relational database management system. With SQL, user...