Structured Query Language.
Y'know.
SELECT * FROM foo; UPDATE foo SET bar = baz WHERE quux = 1; DELETE FROM foo WHERE baz = baz; CREATE TABLE winnie ( ille char(1), pu char(2) );
That stuff.
(The DBI doesn't care what flavour of SQL you pass your database; it's not that high level. SQL92, SQL99, SQL-flavour-of-the-month, it's all the same to it.)