Introduction to SQL
The event was sponsored by NC Computer Learning Center and delivered by Dr. Vazi Okhandiar. My role was an audience participant. Dr. Okhandiar provided background on the SQL language and how it is used to interact with relational database management systems. The SQL language is used to create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) data within the database, through queries. She went on to provide an example of tables within a database and how they are intentionally related through primary and foreign keys. She used data definition language to create some objects in the database. As someone who used the create table interface feature on MySQL workbench, I was unfamiliar with the syntax for manually creating a table.