web developers and programmers in the house, please i have an idea that requires retrieving information from a database owned by an organization and performing a query on the retrieved information. my question now is "is it possible to go about it and how?"

you can use PHP in combination with MYSQL.

get to know vital MYSQL commands like 'INSERT INTO' , "UPDATE", 'CREATE TABLE" just for example.

you can employ both PHP and MYSQL if you have the knowledge. you will also need to understand PHP LOOPS and PHP ARRAYS. since you want to do something with the information you want to retrieve.

if you don't have the knowledge, you can hire a web developer of learn to do it yourself by taking a class on php and mysql at w3schools.