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[Acronym] for __S__tructured __Q__uery __L__anguage (or, by consensus here, __S__tupid __Q__uery __L__anguage).
-someone
should explain the general syntax of [SQL] here.
+[SQL] is a set-centeric ProgrammingLanguage in which statements are excuted over a [Schema] of relations (tables) and return a set of results.
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+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'')
