Definitions for "SQL query"
Keywords:  addr, 'johnson, query, select, delete
an expression involving projections, selections, joins and so forth
a string telling the server to get some or all of data from one or more tables, form it up into a temporary table and transfer it to the client (after that, the temporary table is destroyed)
SQL (Structured Query Language) is an English-like language for retrieving data from a database by typing. For example, to get an e-mail address from a company database, the query might be: SELECT E-MAIL_ADDR FROM EMPLOYEES WHERE LAST_NAME = 'Johnson'