In this chapter, we looked at the basics of interacting with the database API. Although it's something that has taken a significant step back in importance in day-to-day Drupal module development, it's important to understand and be able work with.
We started the chapter by creating our very own database tables to hold player and team information in a relational way. We’ve done so using an API that transforms definitions into actual tables without us having to even understand much of MySQL. The SQL terminology and basic operations are, however, something that every developer should be familiar with, notwithstanding their actual day to day application in Drupal.
Then, we looked at some examples of how we can run SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE ...
