Luke Hande

Luke is a passionate scientist. He received his Ph.D. in mathematical science and worked as a postdoctoral scientist researching atmospheric physics and publishing many papers in peer-reviewed journals. Luke made the transition into industry and is currently working as a data scientist, specializing in data analysis and machine learning. Outside of work, he considers himself a connoisseur of coffee, a good rock climber, and an average guitarist.

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17 Nov 2022

Luke Hande

What Is an SQL Database?

SQL databases have been used for decades and have grown in popularity, becoming one of the most common data management tools. They provide the user with an efficient way to store the data and an intuitive way to access or modify it. In this article, we’ll start by explaining what a database is and showing some examples. We’ll move on to how databases can be used to efficiently work with large amounts of structured data.