what is sql used for?

[money_mike]

simply i cant find out what it is used for and im very curious

[O~Snapple]

Structured Query Language (SQL) is the most popular computer language used to create, modify and retrieve data from relational database management systems. The language has evolved beyond its original purpose to support object-relational database management systems. It is an ANSI/ISO standard.
SQL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

~Snapple

[money_mike]

ive read that before but it doesnt make any sense to me. What does it mean in dummy terms?

[WEB_I]

if your an online store the database will help to control ;

Your layouts pll query on
your sales stucture
your client list
your products
your inventory
etc
etc
etc

Cheers

WEB_I

[dtmtsp]

SQL is used to put things in and get things out of a database.

[pro_kaoz]

It's used in my library's databases like InfoTrac a lot, otherwise I'm not sure.

[Krishnaswamy]

SQL stands for Structured Query Language. This is the language that most of the relational databases understand. It helps in retirieveing needed information from a database by posing a question to the database, called a query.
Your next question would be:What is a relational database?

A relational database consists of a number of tables in which information is stored. Also these tables are related to each other. For example there are Customers who buy products. A customer can buy a number of products, so there is a relation between a customer and the product he buys. Customer information is stored in one table and the prodcut information is stored in another. This is a short explanation.

If you have any Office product on your computer you can practice SQL with the MS Access program.
HTH