WQL
Microsoft's implementation of the CIM Query Language
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Windows Management Instrumentation Query Language (WQL) is Microsoft's implementation of the CIM Query Language (CQL), a query language for the Common Information Model (CIM) standard from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). It is a subset of ANSI standard SQL with minor semantic changes.[1]
| WQL | |
|---|---|
| Family | Query language |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| OS | Microsoft Windows |
| Influenced by | |
| SQL | |
WQL is dedicated to WMI and is designed to perform queries against the CIM repository to retrieve information or get event notifications.