SQL(Structured Query Language) is the standard and most widely used programming language for relational databases.
It allows to perform the following operations:
- Execute queries against a database
- Retrieve data from a database
- Insert records in a database
- Update records in a database
- Delete records from a database
- Create new databases
- Create new tables in a database
- Create stored procedures in a database
- Create views in a database
- Set permissions on tables, procedures, and views