In effect, SQL lets you describe the outcome, and leaves the complexity of executing the calculation to the database. Like any powerful language, SQL has its critics.

For the last three decades, databases and Structured Query Language (SQL) were almost synonymous. Anyone who wanted to retrieve information from a database had to learn SQL.

The death of SQL has been greatly exaggerated. With all apologies to Mark Twain, the demise of Structured Query Language (SQL), having been forecasted for a while, is far from a done deal. In fact ...

SQL stands for ‘Structured Query Language’. This is basically a declarative language used for storing and retrieving data in a database. If you’ve heard of SQL, it’s probably in the ...

Google’s new AI query engine for AlloyDB allows developers to use natural language expressions within standard SQL queries—not just replacing SQL, but enhancing it with AI capabilities.

The gist of what's going on is that we have a war for graph database domination, and query language is a key battle to be won. SQL did not arrive at universal adoption overnight. If there is a ...

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.