# Introduction

GridDB v4.5 Community Edition provides an interface (NewSQL interface) to access GridDB data by SQL.

This document describes SQL of NewSQL interface for accessing the database supported by GridDB Community Edition (hereinafter referred to as GridDB CE). Please note that this is a different interface than the NoSQL interface. The NewSQL interface can be referenced and updated by regarding the container created with the NoSQL interface as a table. Updates include not only row updates, but container schema and index changes. Also, the table created by NewSQL interface can be referenced and updated by NoSQL interface as a container.