SQL
relational database language that allows to extract from data tables a series of records with selection, sorting and computation criteria, or to update, delete or add records
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Summary
SQL is a declarative programming language[1]. SQL has Wikipedia articles in 86 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Influenced by: Datalog[3], first-order logic[4]
- Instance of: query language[5], programming language[6], domain-specific language[7]
- Based on: first-order logic[8]
- Follows: SEQUEL[9]
- Developer: International Organization for Standardization[10], Raymond F. Boyce[11], Donald D. Chamberlin[12]
- Subclass of: query language[13]
- Designed by: Donald D. Chamberlin[14], Raymond F. Boyce[15]
- Software version identifier: SQL:2016 (2016)[16], SQL:2023[17]
- Commons category: Structured Query Language[18]
- Inception: 1974[19]
- Publication date: 1986[20]
- Official website: https://www.iso.org/standard/76583.html[21]
- IPA transcription: ˈɛs kjuː ˈɛl[22], ˈsiːkwəl[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:SQL[24]
- Media type: application/x-sql[25], application/sql[26]
- File extension: sql[27]
- Described by source: ISO/IEC 9075[28]
- Topic has template: Template:SQL[29]
- Official name: SQL[30]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/sql[31]
- Used by: relational database[32], relational database management system[33]
- Manifestation of: relational algebra[34]
- Short name: SQL[35]
- Different from: Structured Query Language script[36]
- Programming paradigm: declarative programming[37]
Why It Matters
SQL is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]