SQL & MySQL for Beginners: Analyse and Manipulate Data

SQL is a standard language for accessing and manipulating databases.

Although SQL is an ANSI/ISO standard, there are different versions of the SQL language. However, to be compliant with the ANSI standard, they all support at least the major commands (such as SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT, WHERE) in a similar manner.

• SQL stands for Structured Query Language

• SQL lets you access and manipulate databases

• SQL became a standard of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1986, and of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1987

• SQL can execute queries against a database

• SQL can retrieve data from a database

• SQL can insert records in a database

• SQL can update records in a database

• SQL can delete records from a database

• SQL can create new databases

• SQL can create new tables in a database

• SQL can create stored procedures in a database

• SQL can create views in a database

• SQL can set permissions on tables, procedures, and views

Most of the SQL database programs also have their own proprietary extensions in addition to the SQL standard!

MySQL is a very popular open-source relational database management system (RDBMS).

• MySQL is a relational database management system

• MySQL is open-source

• MySQL is free

• MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications

• MySQL is very fast, reliable, can be scaled, and easy to use

• MySQL is cross-platform

• MySQL is compliant with the ANSI SQL standard

• MySQL was first released in 1995

• MySQL is developed, distributed, and supported by Oracle Corporation

• MySQL is named after co-founder Monty Widenius’s daughter: My

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A very large number of web developers around the world use MySQL in their development.