DDL is Data Definition Language : it is used to define data structures. For example, with SQL, it would be instructions such as create table, alter table, ... DML is Data Manipulation Language : it is used to manipulate data itself. For example, with SQL, it would be instructions such as insert, update, delete, ... DESCRIBE is DDL or DML? More @Wikipedia
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