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WebSQL is a SQL-like ()language for extracting information from the web. Its capabilities for performing navigation of web ()make it a useful tool for automating several web-related tasks that require the systematic processing of either ail the links in a (), all the pages that can be reached from a given URL through ()that match a ’ pattern, or a combination of both. WebSQL also provides transparent access to index servers that can be queried via the Common ()Interface.