- Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Developed by IBM in 1970s
- Adopted as a standard by ANSI and ISO standards bodies
- Widely used in industry
- Referred to as T-SQL
- Query language for SQL Server and Azure SQL Database
- SQL is declarative, not procedural
- Describe what you want, don’t specify steps
Statements for querying and modifying data:
- SELECT
- INSERT
- UPDATE
- DELETE
Statements for defining database objects:
- CREATE
- ALTER
- DROP
Statements for assigning security permissions:
- GRANT
- REVOKE
- DENY