Get the latest tech news

SQL is now 50 What is coming next to the query language?

Back in May 1974, Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce published an awesome paper to read on SEQUEL. This was a structured query language that could be used to manage and sort data easy in software or web application. They had to make a change in the title due to another

As an example, missing a WHERE clause in your instructions can cause you to delete an entire table rather than carrying out the transaction you want, leading to lost data and recovery work. The SQL programming language is based on strong mathematical theory, so it continues to perform effectively and support the use cases it was designed for. However, while this approach may develop and become more popular in the near future, it still relies on SQL for the actual interaction with those sets of data and to deliver the results back to the user.

Get the Android app