nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Every system these days accesses a SQL database in one way or another

  Btw, is it correct to say "SQL database"?

  AFAIK SQL is a computer language standard, not really a database standard.
SQL is simply the interface (or one of the possible interfaces) which is
used to access the database. Perhaps a good comparison would be like a
Unix kernel and the file system (which would correspond to the database) and
SH scripting (which would correspond to SQL). Just because you can access the
file system using SH doesn't make it an "SH operating system".

  Ok, maybe it wouldn't be too far-fetched to say that "SQL database" is
just short for "a database system which is mainly/exclusively interfaced
with using SQL".

  Btw, do database systems (such as Oracle) support any other interfaces
than SQL? Are there any database systems which would use something else than
SQL as the user interface? (Can MS Access be considered a database system?)

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