The Structured Query Language (SQL) comprises one of the fundamental building blocks of modern database architecture.
SQL defines the methods used to create and manipulate relational databases on all major platforms.
By the way, the correct pronunciation of SQL is a contentious issue within the database community.
In their SQL standard, the American National Standards Institute declared that the official pronunciation is "es queue el."
However, many database professionals have taken to the slang pronunciation "sequel."
SQL comes in many flavors. Oracle databases utilize their proprietary PL/SQL.
Microsoft SQL Server makes use of Transact-SQL. However, all of these variations are based upon the industry standard ANSI SQL.
SQL commands can be divided into two main sublanguages.
The Data Definition Language (DDL) contains the commands used to create and destroy databases and database objects.
After the database structure is defined with DDL, database administrators and users can utilize the Data Manipulation Language to insert, retrieve and modify the data contained within it.