As explained in Lesson 1, “Understanding SQL,” SQL is not an application, it is a language. To follow along with the examples in this book, you need an application that supports the execution of SQL statements.
This appendix describes the steps for executing SQL statements in some of the more commonly used applications.
You can use any application listed below, and many others, to test and experiment with SQL code. So which should you use?
• Many DBMSs come with their own client utilities, so those are usually the best place to start. However, some don’t have the most intuitive user interfaces.
• If you are a web developer, then you can use any server-side web programming language, including ASP.NET, ...