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Newer page: version 5 Last edited on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:58:49 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 1 Last edited on Friday, July 26, 2002 11:13:42 am by PerryLorier Revert
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-[Acronym] for __S__tructured __Q__uery __L__anguage (or, by consensus here, __S__tupid __Q__uery __L__anguage). 
+[Acronym] for either __S__tructured or __S__imple __Q__uery __L__anguage - noone is quite certain. Also resolved as __S__tupid __Q__uery __L__anguage.  
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+It's a set-centric ProgrammingLanguage in which statements are excuted over a [Schema] of relations (tables ) and return a set of results.  
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+AddToMe: Someone should explain the general syntax of [SQL] here
  
-someone should explain the general syntax of [SQL] here.  
  SELECT ''cols'' FROM ''tables'' WHERE ''condition'' 
  UPDATE ''table'' SET ''column''=''value'' WHERE ''condition'' 
  DELETE FROM ''table'' WHERE ''condition'' 
  INSERT INTO ''table'' (''columns'') VALUES (''values'') 
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+----  
+CategoryProgrammingLanguages, CategorySpecialPurposeProgrammingLanguages