Hello! Welcome to my blog. I am Svet Leighann Señeres from BSIT 1B and today's topic is about SQL!

                                                WHAT IS SQL?


          


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SQL or Standard Query Language is a set based, declarative programming language. It is used to perform tasks on a database. The history of SQL traces back to 1970 when Edgar F. Codd, an IBM researcher defined the relational database model. IBM used his findings as a basis to develop the SQL language. It was originally called as SEQUEL or Structured English Query Language. But after a few revisions, IBM stuck with the name SQL. 


 


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