Asterix Query Language (AQL) is a standard language to communicate with AsterixDB. In this section, we are going to find out about two types of queries in AQL:

• Data Manipulation Language (DML): The functional capability of DML is organized into manipulation commands such as SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT INTO, and DELETE FROM
• Data-Definition Language (DDL): Commonly used DDLs in SQL querying include CREATE, ALTER, and DROP