The SQL standard: Where does it come from? Where does it go?
summary
Explains how ISO JTC1 SC32 WG3 actually makes SQL changes by publishing papers, resolving CD/DIS/FDIS ballots and having editors commit the text; meetings run roughly three times a year as weeklong sessions (now mixed virtual) with WG3 ~10–15 participants. Details new SQL:2023 items such as SQL:2023 published June 2023, a Json type, nondecimal numeric literals and underscore separators, the any_value aggregate now in PostgreSQL 16, cast error-handling syntax under discussion, PGQ/Graph and JSON schema work underway, and the route to join via national bodies.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to SQL standards
- 2:13ISO/IEC hierarchy for SQL
- 8:38Joining the SQL working group
- 13:11Meeting structure and process
- 23:31Submitting change proposals
- 26:40Example of a small change proposal
- 31:55SQL standard release process
- 36:31New features in SQL 2023
- 44:38Future of SQL standards
- 47:48How to get involved
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