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What is Structured Query Language (SQL)?

Structured Query Language (SQL) is a standardized programming language that is used to manage relational databases and perform various operations on the data in them. Initially created in the 1970s, ...
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SQL and Assembly Language In Decline In TIOBE Index

This month's TIOBE Index is out and the headline asks the question "Where is SQL Going?" Its chart provides the answer of "down", a fate that also applied to Assembly Language. The language that is ...
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SQL turns 50 this month -- why is it still going strong? [Q&A]

Data management language SQL (originally published as SEQUEL) first appeared in May 1974, so this month marks its 50th anniversary. We spoke to Peter Zaitsev, founder at Percona, to find out why SQL ...
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What is PL/SQL (Procedural Language/Structured Query Language)?

In Oracle database management, PL/SQL is a procedural language extension to Structured Query Language (SQL). PL/SQL is used to combine database language and procedural programming language features ...
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SQL slips in language popularity index

Structured Query Language, the standard means of manipulating and querying data in relational databases since the 1980s, has dropped out of the Tiobe index top 10 in recent months and now ranks 12th, ...