I suppose that you could but I don't really see the point here.  I would
hope that that kind of material would be covered in class and not in the
labs.  We can only do so much in an hour and I don't want to be spending
time on semantics.

In any case, there are differences in how you talk to different SQL
databases, so they are learning how to use MySQL as opposed to say, SQL
Server.


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Ryan <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In Algorithms/DatabaseEssentials/DatabaseEssentials.tex:
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> > +\lab{Algoirthms}{Database Essentials}{Database Essentials}
> > +\objective{Familiarization with MySQL prompt and basic queries
> > +\label{lab:DbEssentials}
> > +
> > +\section*{Introduction to MySQL}
> > +
> > +Databases are an essential part of computation.  We will learn how to use MySQL databases in this section.  MySQL is open-source software that is easy to use and free.  It also works well with Python.  All of this makes it a good choice for our applications.  Other options exist, but most of what we learn here will translate easily to other platforms.
>
> Could we make a distinction between the SQL language and MySQL the
> database?
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