How Do SQL Database Engines Work? What is a SQL Engine? A typical SQL server database engine configuration includes a storage engine and the query processor. Different SQL engine types support different SQL server database engine architectures, but in general the SQL engine is a component of the system that is used to create, read, update and delete (CRUD) data from a database. Enterprises use SQL server database engines to create relational databases for online transaction processing (OLTP) and online analytical processing (OLAP). Most SQL engines support standard SQL, and many database management systems (DBMS) also offer application programming interfaces (APIs) to access database tools beyond the actual database user interface. For example, HEAVY.AI supports a visualization API called OpenGL as part of the HEAVY.AI Immerse platform to process visual analytics from big data. SQL engines are often proprietary architecture desi...