Is SQL a Programming language? Well, there is one world answer to this question but I want you to read the rest of the blog so you can know why exactly Is SQL a Programming language or not?
Is SQL a programming language?
Yes, SQL is a programming language, SQL comes under Domain-specific programming language. It is used to access a relational database like MySQL. You are able to do CRUD operations (create, read, update, delete) on the records within a database. However, it is not the same type of programming language as C++, Java, etc.
Is SQL a programming language [Explained In-depth]
As you know the short answer to this question is, yes. But You must have to know few things properly in order to understand it.
What Is SQL?
SQL stands for Structured Query Language. SQL is a domain-specific language used in programming for creation, deletion, fetching, held in a relational database management system (RDMS), or for stream processing in a relational data stream management system (RDBMS). SQL is a database language.
What Is Programming language?
Well, I already published a giant guide of programming: Check it out by clicking here.
Types of Computer programming:
The programming language is nothing but a set of grammatical rules and syntax to achieve the specified business logic. These rules are used to give instructions to the computer system to perform the specific task. We require to follow the specific syntax to give instructions to the computer or to add the specified business logic. These are the following basic SQL queries which are important to perform multiple data definition languages or data manipulation languages.
There are two types of programming languages:
- General-purpose programming language
- Domain-specific programming language
SQL proper is not a general-purpose programming language. It’s a Domain-Specific Language. The domain is very specifically that of manipulating data from a relational database (or an object-relational database). SQL code is typically embedded in another programming language. Nobody writes complete “applications” in SQL.
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