Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

application/sql

Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .SQL files (Structured Query Language Script).

File Extension

.sql

Content-Type Header

application/sql

Format Category

Databases

Standard Specification

RFC 6922

Description & Usage

Database query and schema definition file containing SQL statements.

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

# Nginx mime.types configuration for .sql
types {
    application/sql    sql;
}

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

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Preguntas frecuentes

Respuestas claras a las preguntas más habituales.

The official MIME content type for .sql files is "application/sql". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .sql data.