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Relational database programming language
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 →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SQLA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: PHP and MySQL Web developmentThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: SQL:2003 has been publishedCited 65 times
- Go sideways: Null (SQL)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: SQL:1999A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
PHP and MySQL Web developmentLuke Welling · 2003
How to Cheat at Managing Windows Server Update Services (How to Cheat) (How to Cheat)Brian Barber, Tony Piltzecker · 2005
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