The standard language for querying and managing relational databases.
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The standard language for querying and managing relational databases.
GitHub Linguist classifies SQL as a data format, typically using extensions such as .sql, .ddl, .inc, .mysql, .prc, .tab.
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The standard language for querying and managing relational databases.
Common extensions include .sql, .ddl, .inc, .mysql, .prc.
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