Udemy SQL Basics
1. Hi viewers, in this video you will learn about the basics of SQL
2. SQL is stands for Structured Query Language
3. Some people also pronounce it as SEQUEL, which expands to Structured
English Query Language, which has been the old avtar of SQL
4. SQL was initially developed at IBM by Donald Chamberlin and Raymond
Boyce in early 1970s
5. It was standardized by ANSI in 1986
6. Originally SQL was based upon Relational Algebra and Tuple Relational
Calculus
7. SQL is a Declarative Language, meaning it is statement like and non-
procedural. Require only to say what you want and not how to get it of the
sort
8. SQL statements are classified into – DQL (Data Query Language), DML (Data
Manipulation Language), TCL (Transaction Control Language), DDL (Data
Definition Language), DCL (Data Control Language) and Admin statements
9. First commercial SQL implementation was introduced by Relational Software
Inc. (Now Oracle Corporation) in their Oracle V2 on VAX machines
10. SQL has procedural extension in commercially available databases as of now
– MS SQL Server (T-SQL), Oracle (PL/SQL), IBM DB2 (SQL PL), MySQL
(SQL/PSM), Sybase (T-SQL), etc.
11. Who should learn SQL?
a. Database professionals working as back end programmer
b. Developers in front end languages like Java, PHP, Python, .NET
developers
c. Managers who required to use ad-hoc queries to draw data from
databases
d. Data analysts and BI professionals
e. Database Administrators (DBAs)
f. System Admins who are required to handle Database Servers
12. So guys here we have known what is SQL and what it is for. Continue your
study by visiting the next video on Simple Query.
13. Thanks for watching!!
