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  1. Is SQL really a programming language after all? - Stack Overflow

    Apr 15, 2020 · SQL is considered to be a Fourth Generation computer language. The first three are basically: Machine code. Assembly code. Common general-purpose languages, such as …

  2. What is the difference between SQL, PL-SQL and T-SQL?

    Jun 25, 2009 · SQL SQL is used to communicate with a database, it is the standard language for relational database management systems. In detail Structured Query Language is a special …

  3. t sql - Is SQL or even TSQL Turing Complete? - Stack Overflow

    The interesting thing to note is that CTE was not really added to turn SQL into a programming language -- just to turn a declarative querying language into a more powerful declarative …

  4. Besides a declarative language, is SQL a functional language?

    Jul 20, 2009 · 19 No, SQL is not a functional language. The paradigm is somewhat different. Note that there are other types of declarative programming languages other than functional - the …

  5. What are the differences between T-SQL, SQL Server and SQL

    Sep 19, 2013 · A further note - the SQL extensions, like T-SQL, are generally considered full-fledged programming languages, complete with looping, if/then, case statements, etc. SQL …

  6. Why is SQL called a data sublanguage? - Stack Overflow

    Feb 28, 2017 · SQL began life as a data sublanguage. That history is >20yrs behind us. (The "data sublanguage" portion is still the most-used and most-useful part, but that does not …

  7. LANGUAGE SQL vs LANGUAGE plpgsql in PostgreSQL functions

    Am very new in Database development so I have some doubts regarding my following example: Function f1() - language sql create or replace function f1(istr varchar) returns text as $$ select …

  8. What are good alternatives to SQL (the language)? [closed]

    The knocks SQL gets are not, I think, so much against the language as opposed to the underlying data storage principles on which the language is based. People often confuse the language …

  9. Please help me understand SQL vs C like programming?

    At the definition level, C is a procedural language and SQL is largely a declaritive language. You know about procedural languages—the programmer tells the computer what to do.

  10. What kind of language is SQL? - Stack Overflow

    Oct 27, 2014 · Do you mean is SQL also regular? CFG's encompass regular languages. So, they aren't mutually exclusive. To answer your question though, SQL is not a regular language.