PS>
  >  > "real" database and access it using SQL.  Not only
do you have the
  >  > advantage of a proper relational database, but many of the database
  >  > administration tools that you would otherwise have to write yourself
  >  > would come as standard with the SQL engine.
  >
  > What IS SQL? Structured Query Language I know, but what does it do?
PS>

It's essentially a language that is used to communicate with an SQL
database server.

With an SQL implementation such as Oracle, or Watcom SQL, one is provided
with three things :  A client-side API used for sending SQL statements and
receiving results, the SQL server engine itself, and a set of utilities
for those rare administrative tasks that cannot be performed via SQL
statements.

So, for example, one sends a "CREATE" statement to create a table and
define the fields of each record, uses "INSERT" to add records, and
"SELECT" to select a subset of the records in the table that match certain
criteria.

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