SEQUEL 2: A Unified Approach to Data Definition, Manipulation, and Control
Donald D. Chamberlin, Morton M. Astrahan, Kapali P. Eswaran, Patricia P. Griffiths, Raymond A. Lorie, James W. Mehl, Phyllis Reisner, Bradford W. Wade · IBM Journal of Research and Development · 1976
Sequel 2 is a relational data language that provides a consistent, English keyword-oriented set of facilities for query, data definition, data manipulation, and data control. Sequel 2 may be used either as a stand-alone interface for nonspecialists in data processing or as a data sublanguage embedded in a host programming language for use by application programmers and data base administrators. This paper describes SEQUEL 2 and the means by which it is coupled to a host language.