This document provides an overview of SQL (Structured Query Language) in 3 paragraphs:
SQL is a language used to communicate with database systems. It was developed by IBM in 1970 and allows users to create, retrieve, update and delete data from a relational database. SQL statements are used to perform tasks like creating tables in a database, inserting rows of data into tables, querying tables to retrieve data, updating and deleting existing data in tables, and performing other common operations on database tables.
SQL is broken down into four main components: DDL (Data Definition Language) for defining database objects, DML (Data Manipulation Language) for manipulating data, DQL (Data Query Language) for querying data, and D