DATATRIEVE is a database query and report writer tool originally from Digital Equipment Corporation.
DATATRIEVE's command structure is nearly plain English, and it is an early example of a Fourth Generation Language (4GL).
DATATRIEVE was developed in the late 1970s[1] and early 1980s by a team of software engineers at DEC's Central Commercial Engineering facilities in Merrimack and Nashua, New Hampshire, under database architect Jim Starkey.
[2] Many of the project's engineers went on to highly visible careers in database management and other software disciplines.
DATATRIEVE queries and commands approach plain English sentence structure, though would not be considered natural language, since a precise sentence structure must be used:[3] DATATRIEVE can also be used to modify data: Enter KID_NAME: DATATRIEVE can also cross multiple datasets, creating joined data views:[4]