Developers often dispute the merits of SQL as a legitimate programming language, but this misses the point. SQL is a powerful 4GL for accessing data.

So if you want a lucrative programming career (even the lowest paid SQL developers make upwards of $60,000 a year), it’s imperative that you learn a database programming language like SQL.

How to Select a Subset in MySQL. The Structured Query Language, used in the MySQL database, has great flexibility for selecting subsets of data from database tables. SQL's SELECT statement shows ...

Maybe it's not the sexiest programming language, but SQL continues to be important--at least according to one measurement.