Programming languages are developer community argots. To me, the lesser-known lexicon of Oracle’s PL/SQL has been a subject of study for quite some time. I love it.

SQL history Before there was SQL, databases had tight, navigational programming interfaces, and typically were designed around a network schema called the CODASYL data model. CODASYL (Committee on ...

SQL, the structured query language, is a programming language for communicating with databases. Variations on SQL are used by some of the most popular database tools in the world, including some ...

Developers often dispute the merits of SQL as a legitimate programming language, but this misses the point. SQL is a powerful 4GL for accessing data.

SQL is about as easy as it gets in the world of programming, and yet its learning curve is still steep enough to prevent many people from interacting with relational databases. Salesforce's AI ...

Maybe it's not the sexiest programming language, but SQL continues to be important--at least according to one measurement.

SQL has faded in popularity as noted in the TIOBE Index as people working in AI switch to NoSQL databases.

Formerly a web and Windows programming consultant, he developed databases, software, and websites from his office in Andover, Massachusetts, from 1986 to 2010.