Talk:Project and Spin-off/@comment-25304012-20141230163102/@comment-25143095-20141231012820

It is a language that one needs to know in order to use Relational databases. Databases come in 2 main types:  Flat File and Relational. An excel spreadsheet is a type of flat file database cause it consists of rows and columns on a sheet. It is very challenging to use a large flat file when you are trying to store different types of data. In a flat file it forces you to have a lot of extra rows and columns that for the most part contain nothing (because just a few of those rows and columns contain the data you need). I can provide a better explaination if you would like.