SQL ... Structured Query Language (SQL) (pronounced / ˌɛsˌkjuˈɛl / S-Q-L; or alternatively as / ˈsiːkwəl / ⓘ "sequel") [4][5] is a domain-specific language used to manage data, especially in a relational …

Microsoft SQL Server ... Microsoft SQL Server is a proprietary relational database management system developed by Microsoft using Structured Query Language (SQL, often pronounced "sequel").

SQL syntax The syntax of the SQL programming language is defined and maintained by ISO/IEC SC 32 as part of ISO/IEC 9075. This standard is not freely available. Despite the existence of the standard, …

History of Microsoft SQL Server The history of Microsoft SQL Server begins with the first Microsoft SQL Server database product – SQL Server v1.0, a 16-bit relational database for the OS/2 operating …

SQL Server SQL Server may refer to: Microsoft SQL Server, a relational database server from Microsoft Sybase SQL Server, a relational database server developed by Sybase SQL Server (magazine), …

List of SQL reserved words This list includes SQL reserved words – aka SQL reserved keywords, [1][2] as the SQL:2023 specifies and some RDBMSs have added. ... A dash (-) means that the keyword is …

As SQL is a declarative programming language, SELECT queries specify a result set, but do not specify how to calculate it. The database translates the query into a "query plan" which may vary between …

A join clause in the Structured Query Language (SQL) combines columns from one or more tables into a new table. The operation corresponds to a join operation in relational algebra.

Structured Query Language (SQL), however, uses a collection of imperative verbs whose effect is to modify the schema of the database by adding, changing, or deleting definitions of tables or other …

The main feature of SQL (non-procedural) is also its drawback: control statements (decision-making or iterative control) cannot be used if only SQL is to be used. PL/SQL provides the functionality of other …