Introduction to SQL

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Structured Query Language, or SQL (sometimes pronounced “sequel”), is a powerful language used to interrogate and manipulate relational @@ -427,8 +427,8 @@

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programming languages to let any program interact with databases. There are several variants of SQL, but all support the same basic statements that we will be covering today.

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Relational databases consist of one or more tables of data. These tables have fields (columns) and records (rows). Every field has a data type. Every value in the same field of each @@ -436,8 +436,8 @@

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other when a field in one table can be matched to a field in another table. SQL queries are the commands that let you look up data in a database or make calculations based on columns.

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SQL is well established and has been around since the 1970s. It is still widely used in a variety of settings.

SQL lets you keep the data separate from the analysis. There is no @@ -453,9 +453,9 @@

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Amazon) run on a SQL (relational) database. Understanding SQL is the first step in eventually building custom web applications that can serve data to users.

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