.SQL·File Extension

What is a .sql file?

A .sql file is a SQL Script — Structured Query Language script or database dump.

In the mime-db registry it maps to application/sql. When serving .sql over HTTP, set the Content-Type header as shown in Developer info below.

Related entities: it maps to application/sql and is used by PLpgSQL, PLSQL among others — and is delivered over HTTP via the Content-Type header.

When served over HTTP, responses should set the following header:

Content-Type: application/sql

Common software that reads/writes .sql:

• Configuration files
• Data interchange between systems
• API request and response payloads
• Logs and data exports

• Open the file with VS Code, make your changes and save.
• Most editors preserve the original formatting and encoding — avoid changing the charset.

• Create a new file and save it with the .sql extension, or export this format from VS Code.

SELECT name, age
FROM users
WHERE active = true;

• mime-db
• refnet data sources

Updated 2026-08-18