Structured Query Language (SQL) is a standard for communicating with a database that is maintained by ANSI. The latest version is SQL-99, though a new standard is in the works (SQL-200n).

Get nearly 24 hours of educational content.In the SQL 101 course, you’ll learn important fundamentals you need to start writing meaningful queries using the language. In the other courses, you ...

Developers often dispute the merits of SQL as a legitimate programming language, but this misses the point. SQL is a powerful 4GL for accessing data.

Learn how Data Transformation Services (DTS) can help you import, export, and/or transform data from various sources to single or multiple locations in Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

In other attempts at ranking the popularity of programming languages, SQL was No. 12 in a list developed by LangPop.com last October. Meanwhile, Python garnered the "language of the year" prize in the ...