Databases · 5 question types
Past paper frequency (2018 to 2024)
This topic accounts for approximately 4% of your exam marks.
SQL SELECT queries and database structure (tables, fields, records) appear as 4 to 6 mark questions.
SQL (Structured Query Language) is the standard language used to ask questions of a database and to update its contents.
Almost every real database system understands SQL: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, Oracle and many others. The dialects differ slightly, but the core syntax is shared.
The CIE IGCSE syllabus focuses on just enough SQL to retrieve records from a single table using the SELECT statement.