SQL

Structured Query Language (SQL) is a domain-specific language used to manage data, especially in a relational database management system (RDBMS). It is particularly useful in handling structured data, i.e., data incorporating relations among entities and variables. Wikipedia

Created Year: 1974
Designed by: Donald D. Chamberlin • Raymond F. Boyce
Developed by: Donald D. Chamberlin • International Organization for Standardization • Raymond F. Boyce
Aliases: Structural Query Language, sql
File extensions: sql

Wikidata: Q47607

Influenced: Gremlin • PowerShell • SPARQL • SQLPL

Influenced by: Datalog

Programming paradigms: declarative programming

Language types: domain-specific language • query language • declarative programming language

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Hello World in SQL

SELECT 'Hello World';

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Latest data update: 2026-09-19