Structured Query Language SQL stands for Structured Query Language. SQL language is used to create, transform and retrieve information from RDBMS (Relational Database Management Systems). SQL is pronounced SEQUEL. SQL was developed during the early 70’s at IBM. Most Relational Database Management Systems like MS SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Oracle, MySQL, DB2, Sybase, PostgreSQL and Informix use SQL as a database querying language. Even though SQL is defined by both ISO and ANSI there are many SQL implementation, which do not fully comply with those definitions. Some of these SQL implementations are proprietary. Examples of these SQL dialects are MS SQL Server specific version of the SQL called T-SQL and Oracle version of SQL called PL/SQL. SQL is a declarative programming language designed for creating and querying relational database management systems. SQL is relatively simple language, but it’s also very powerful. SQL can insert data into database tables. SQL can modify ...
SQL Server SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) developed by Microsoft. SQL Server supports a wide variety of transaction processing, business intelligence and analytics applications in corporate IT environments. SQL Server supports ANSI SQL, which is the standard SQL (Structured Query Language) language. However, SQL Server comes with its own implementation of the SQL language, T-SQL. Why SQL Server? Microsoft SQL Server is a comprehensive database server and information platform offering a complete set of enterprise-ready technologies and tools that help people derive the most value from information at the lowest total-cost-of-ownership. Enjoy high levels of performance, availability, and security; employ more productive management and development tools; and deliver pervasive insight with self-service business intelligence (BI). A complete and integrated platform, Microsoft SQL Server brings it all together to get more value out of existing IT skills and asse...