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Introduction

The Table Query Language (TaQL, rhymes with bagel (though many people pronounce it as tackle)) makes it possible to select rows from an arbitrary table based on the contents of its columns and keywords. It supports arbitrary complex expressions including extended regular expressions and many functions. TaQL also makes sorting and column selection possible. Furthermore TaQL has commands to create a table and to modify data in a table.

TaQL is modeled after SQL and contains most of SQL's functionality. The most important features of TaQL different from SQL are:

The first sections of this document explain the syntax and show the options. The last sections show the interface to TaQL using Glish or C++. The Glish interface makes it possible to embed Glish variables and expressions in a TaQL command.


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