sql database?

[Igorian]

So be it, but you don't know everyone in the IT industry.

True, but those I do know, including quite a few DBA's and programmers refer to SQL as "sequel", I don't know anyone that says S Q L

I'll be your first. I have a DB2 background and it was generally referred to as SQL. However, I seem to remember one contract I had where they called it Squirrel.

I still use DB2 (DB/2) maybe it's changed 'cos we all call it sequel or more usually that pile of mainframe s**te ! TSO / Fileaid, we love it..... not

Nah, I like mainframes. TSO & Fileaid were ok too.

 

[2scoops0406]

So be it, but you don't know everyone in the IT industry.

True, but those I do know, including quite a few DBA's and programmers refer to SQL as "sequel", I don't know anyone that says S Q L

I'll be your first. I have a DB2 background and it was generally referred to as SQL. However, I seem to remember one contract I had where they called it Squirrel.

I still use DB2 (DB/2) maybe it's changed 'cos we all call it sequel or more usually that pile of mainframe s**te ! TSO / Fileaid, we love it..... not

Nah, I like mainframes. TSO & Fileaid were ok too.

F6 to execute, obvious!

F3 F3 F3 I'm outta here.

 

[Igorian]

So be it, but you don't know everyone in the IT industry.

True, but those I do know, including quite a few DBA's and programmers refer to SQL as "sequel", I don't know anyone that says S Q L

I'll be your first. I have a DB2 background and it was generally referred to as SQL. However, I seem to remember one contract I had where they called it Squirrel.

I still use DB2 (DB/2) maybe it's changed 'cos we all call it sequel or more usually that pile of mainframe s**te ! TSO / Fileaid, we love it..... not

Nah, I like mainframes. TSO & Fileaid were ok too.

F6 to execute, obvious!

F3 F3 F3 I'm outta here.

Ahh, but that's "modern" TSO with ISPF.

 

[2scoops0406]

Indeed, not my "thing" F3 probably my most used key !

 

[Softus]

I'll be your first.

I think I can declare myself to have taken Eddie M's "S Q L" cherry.

I have a DB2 background and it was generally referred to as SQL.

Sybase myself, and it was always "S Q L", except for the pratts who mistakenly called it "Sequel".

For instance the rather rubbish example I gave returns all records from the IT industry table where the value in the table "known as" equals "sequel"

Clear as mud

To be picky, I would have said that it returns all rows from the table "it-industry" that contain the value "sequel" in the column "known_as".

 

[JohnD]

When I were a lad and we moved to DB2, I had to learn SQL and it was called "S Q L"

Subsequently, when SQL Server came out, people started calling it "Sequel Server".

Maybe easier to say?

 

[Softus]

Maybe easier to say?

Mm. A entire syllable easier.

 

[JohnD]

20%

 

[Softus]

Less than 7% if you say "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy Sequel server".