This example was constructed on SQL Server. It demonstrates a few points: control flow (IF/ELSE), control block (BEGIN/END), and Boolean operators (AND)—all elements of a programming language.

Even if generative AI hides SQL behind the curtain, it will continue to play a critical role in how we interact with and use data. In May 1974, Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce published a ...

SQL is neither ... navigational programming interfaces, and typically were designed around a network schema called the CODASYL data model. CODASYL (Committee on Data Systems Languages) was a ...