Assignment:
Provide (2) 200 words response with a minimum of 1 APA references for RESPONSES 1 AND 2 below. Response provided should further discuss the subject or provide more insight.
RESPONSE 1:
1. What is SQL
2. Is SQL a scripting language
Let me start with defining SQL. SQL or Structured Query Language is a programming language that is made to interface with databases (Kodian, 2020). The database can be a storage, web server, or an email server. The primary purpose of SQL is to query, read, or modify the contents of the database (Kodian, 2020). The use of SQL is to manage, and identify the information inside the tables of SQL. The tables are how the SQL structures the information and how it looks for the information. The tables are segmented into columns so that the query can identify what column and sub-column holds the information (Kodian, 2020).
SQL is in my opinion a programming language, but not a general purpose language like Python or Java. Python and Java can do one major accomplishment that SQL cannot do. The Python and Java languages can create applications and thus are general purpose scripting languages (Kodian, 2020). SQL is not a scripting language it can do many things but it can not build applications (Kodian, 2020) This simple but large distinct difference in capability is why I do not believe SQL to be a scripting language (Kodian, 2020). The uses that scripting languages provide are only as limited as the skill that the user possesses. SQL is limited to only performing functions to a SQL database. This is also another reason SQL is not a scripting language to me. A scripting language is versatile and is used to fill many needs in an organization where the SQL language can perform only one function, database administration.
References
Koidan, K. (2020, April 30). Is SQL a Programming Language?
RESPONSE 2:
SQL is a language to operate databases; it includes database creation, deletion, fetching rows, modifying rows, etc. SQL is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standard language, but there are many different versions of the SQL language
SQL is Structured Query Language, which is a computer language for storing, manipulating and retrieving data stored in a relational database.
SQL is the standard language for Relational Database System. All the Relational Database Management Systems (RDMS) like MySQL, MS Access, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Postgres and SQL Server use SQL as their standard database language.
To answer this weeks question - Yes, i believe SQL is a programming language. Here's why: As the SQL acronym pronounces, it is a language. It offers looping, logic directives, variables, and so on. Now, it's not a language in the same sense as, say, Java or C++: SQL is considered a fourth-generation language (4GL), whereas Java and C++ are third-generation languages (3GLs). There are a lot of similarities between SQL and other known programming languages.
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