User talk:76.175.21.1

I think that the assertion that SQL is "a method for specifying the means of requesting data..." is convoluted and incorrect. SQL isn't a method: it's a language. SQL also doesn't specify the means, or how to accomplish the task Rather, it specifies the ends: the desired or expected result of the operation. I added a more descriptive definition of SQL as a declarative language to further clarify this point.

I also removed the paragraph that incorrectly stated that SQL is non-programmable. Of course SQL is programmable, since it is after all a database programming language. I think the original author may have confused this term with non-procedural, which has quite a different meaning. In any case, I added a reference to the characteristics of procedural database languages to further clarify how the contrast between SQL as a declarative language. Further expansion of this topic could be useful to show the steps to perform a query using dBase/xBase code vs. SQL.

I also think the term metadata shouldn't be used without a definition or reference to its meaning, since it isn't a term that readers should be expected to know.


 * I'm sure very relevant and important but this should be placed on the talk page of the article concerned - thanks -- Herby talk thyme 16:45, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

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-- Herby talk thyme 16:55, 24 December 2006 (UTC)