SQL:2008

This article is about SQL:2008, a revision of the SQL standard. For more information about SQL, see the main SQL article.

SQL:2008 is the sixth revision of the SQL database query language.

Summary

The SQL:2008 standard was published in 2008.

Documentation availability

The SQL standard is not freely available. The whole standard may be purchased from the ISO as ISO/IEC 9075(1-4,9-11,13,14):2008. The standard consists of the following parts:

• ISO/IEC 9075-1:2008 Framework (SQL/Framework)
• ISO/IEC 9075-2:2008 Foundation (SQL/Foundation)
• ISO/IEC 9075-3:2008 Call-Level Interface (SQL/CLI)
• ISO/IEC 9075-4:2008 Persistent Stored Modules (SQL/PSM)
• ISO/IEC 9075-9:2008 Management of External Data (SQL/MED)
• ISO/IEC 9075-10:2008 Object Language Bindings (SQL/OLB)
• ISO/IEC 9075-11:2008 Information and Definition Schemas (SQL/Schemata)
• ISO/IEC 9075-13:2008 SQL Routines and Types Using the Java TM Programming Language (SQL/JRT)
• ISO/IEC 9075-14:2008 XML-Related Specifications (SQL/XML)