Query Reference Manual

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1.1 What QUERY Does
QUERY is a flexible way to access and manipulating the contents of outside databases from
within its products. It provides for a two-way flow of data between application programs and
local or remote databases using Structured QUERY Language (SQL) as its database
access language. SQL became an ANSI standard in 1986 and an ISO standard in 1987; it is
used today in a great many database application programs management systems.
QUERY is essentially a programming toolkit which allows enables you to create your own
macros to carry out functions such as these:
• Reading additional attribute data from local or remote databases
• Adding object and attribute data to external databases
• Adding functionality to existing user interfaces
The addition of QUERY to an application program forms a powerful programmable
engineering database system.
The underlying functionality for QUERY has different system architectures on UNIX and
Windows.