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Chapter 12 SML# feature: seamless SQL integration

Accessing databases is essential in most of practical programs that manipulate data. The most widely used database query language is SQL. The conventional method of accessing databases to generate SQL command string, which is cumbersome and error prone. SML# integrates SQL expressions themselves as polymorphically typed first-class citizens. This chapter explain this feature.