what is the difference b/w mdx and sql?

Answer Posted / k srinivas

MDX is a multidimensional expression, we can query directly
to OLAP source by using MDX and SQL is a structured query
language, where as we can query to the RDBMS source.
When we r dragging the query items into the report area
automatically MDX generated that query will send to the
OLAP source directly.

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