What is Oracle SQL?
SQL is the language used with Oracle and other databases to extract information from the database and to modify the information in the database. It is used by application programs, developers and dbas and is used by all the Oracle tools. SQL was invented by Dr. E.F. Codd at IBM in the 1970s to go with the then new concept of relational databases. The language was designed to be an end-user query tool and is based on set theory making it easy to understand and use but very different from programming languages such as Java or C++.