SQL is an acronym for Structured Query Language. It is a commonly-used querying language across numerous transactional databases, although each database has their own syntax or "flavor" of SQL. Some are more powerful or complex than others, and all are custom tuned to whatever database they support. As an example:
MS Access = Jet SQL
MS SQL Server = Transact-SQL
Oracle = PL/SQL
and so on
Thanks.it was long ago, I forgot that they may have purchases a smaller company's product and used it to develop a consumer product for the Office Suite..
And I wasn't all that aware of administrative (higher order) products such as server applications back then...
isn't SQL the foundation of Microsoft Access (from waaay back) that predates the Microsoft SQL Sever product doesn't it?
SQL is an acronym for Structured Query Language. It is a commonly-used querying language across numerous transactional databases, although each database has their own syntax or "flavor" of SQL. Some are more powerful or complex than others, and all are custom tuned to whatever database they support. As an example:
MS Access = Jet SQL MS SQL Server = Transact-SQL Oracle = PL/SQL and so on
Thanks.it was long ago, I forgot that they may have purchases a smaller company's product and used it to develop a consumer product for the Office Suite..
And I wasn't all that aware of administrative (higher order) products such as server applications back then...
Yep, you are correct. Although it didn't really become popular until SQL Server 7 (in the 97/98 timeframe, IIRC).