2. An Introduction to SQL
Structured Query Language (SQL) is one programming language used to interact with a relational database, and it is the language used in SQLite. The language supports the ability to define database structure, manipulate data, and read the data contained in the database.
Although SQL has been standardized by both the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), vendors frequently add proprietary extensions to the language to better support their platforms. This chapter primarily focuses on SQL as it is implemented in SQLite, the database system that is included in Android. Most of the concepts in this chapter do apply to SQL in general, but the syntax may not ...
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