Difference between JSON and SQL

Question

I\'m a newbie at web development, so here\'s a simple question. I\'ve been doing a few tutorials in Django, setting up an SQL database, which is all good. I have now come ac

Answer 1

JSON is data markup format. You use it to define what the data is and means. eg: This car is blue, it has 4 seats.

{
    "colour": "blue",
    "seats": 4
}

SQL is a data manipulation language. You use it to define the operations you want to perform on the data. eg: Find me all the green cars. Change all the red cars to blue cars.

select * from cars where colour = 'green'
update cars set colour='blue' where colour='red'

A SQL database is a database that uses SQL to query the data stored within, in whatever format that might be. Other types of databases are available.