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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP Glossary →SQL
Structured Query Language. Mostly standardized language for accessing relational databases. Divided into DML, DDL, and DCL. SQL is the programming interface for the database of an AS ABAP. In ABAP, the DML part is mapped by Open SQL. The entire scope of the SQL statements of the installed database system is available as Native SQL.