What is SQL?

SQL stands for Structured Query Language. SQL is a simple and powerful language used to create, access, and manipulate data and structure in a database. SQL is like plain English, easy to understand and write. SQL is a non-procedural language.

Features of SQL:

1. Easy to read and understand.
2. Can be used by those having little or no programming experience.
3. It is a non-procedural language.
4. It is based upon relational algebra and relational tuple calculus.

SQL was designed by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce.