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title: Database Reference | Datasquirel docs
description: Learn SQL in conjunction with Datasquirel
page_title: Database Reference
page_description: Learn SQL in conjunction with Datasquirel
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## Overview

SQL (Sequential Query Language) is the industry-standard, battle-tested database querying language used to interact with relational databases. While datasquirel aims to abstract much of it, knowing the basics is still very important to get the full power of datasquirel management system.

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