SQL and Its Legacy: Why AI is the Next Essential Step
At the heart of almost every application is a database. And almost invariably, this database speaks SQL. Since its inception in the 1970s, SQL has become the de facto standard for interacting with relational databases. But how did we get here? And facing modern challenges, what’s next for SQL?
The Origins of SQLSQL (or “Structured Query Language”) was born out of the need to interact with databases in a standardized way. Before SQL, each database management system (DBMS) had its own way of formulating queries, making it challenging for developers. SQL changed the game by...