SQL

Unlocking the Power of Your Data

First appeared: 1974Designed by: Donald Chamberlin, Raymond Boyce

A domain-specific language for managing and querying relational databases.

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Declarative

SELECT 'Hello, World!' AS greeting;

Developed by Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce at IBM in 1974. Standardized as SQL:1986. Modern dialects include PostgreSQL, MySQL, T-SQL.

Type system: Static

Frameworks

PostgreSQLMySQLSQLiteDuckDB