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What Is SQL? The way into a relational database is through a query language--which is a set of operators, expressions, and commands that let you manipulate the database in various ways. You create queries as well as other kinds of commands in ALLBASE/SQL by using SQL (Structured Query Language); and you issue the commands directly, through an interactive command processor, or indirectly, through an application program. SQL includes commands that let you do the following: * Create databases. * Access databases. * Provide security. * Promote data integrity. * Regulate concurrent access. SQL commands are printed in capitals (for example, SELECT) in this book and throughout the ALLBASE/SQL document set.