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SQL, or Structured Query Language, is the standard retrieval language for relational databases. It is based on the relational algebra which we defined in chapter 4. Some relational algebra operators are used explicitly by SQL; the use of others is more implicit as we shall see in this chapter.

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© 1997 Z.M. Sikora

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Sikora, Z.M. (1997). SQL*Plus. In: Oracle Database Principles. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14693-2_8

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