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Elsewhere on this site, you can download, absolutely free, THE OCELOT SQL DBMS. This is an uncrippled SQL:1999 database management system, an official implementation of ISO standard SQL and ANSI standard SQL. For MS-Windows95/98/Me/NT. The biggest user is a 3000-site German insurance company running 24x7. If you want to check the specs first, read the white papers and specifications.

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For the definitive explanation of "structured query language" or "ODBC" or "Oracle" terms, browse in our 300-KB glossary. This glossary is taken from an appendix of the largest and most up-to-date SQL reference book in English, SQL-99 COMPLETE, REALLY. Note: the glossary and all original information on this site is copyrighted -- we permit viewing and downloads from this site only.

All beginners to SQL should start with the illustrated SQL tutorial.

NEW: Ocelot employees Peter Gulutzan and Trudy Pelzer have recently written SQL PERFORMANCE TUNING (Addison-Wesley September 2002). Check it out!