For peer/client usage, I long ago decided "when in Rome..." That is,
"sequel" or "Ess Que Ell" depending on usage at the particular site.
Technically, "Ess Que Ell" is correct. SEQL, Structured English Query
language - pronounced "sequel" - was IBM's first go at an RDBMS language.
Later it was changed to SQL, pronounced "Ess Que Ell". Here's one link,
I'm sure there are more definitive ones out there:
http://www.sad4ever.org/dbms/sql_en.php
The first time I heard "sequel" was in relation to MS SQL Server; they
apparently thought it sounded cool after doing in their Sybase contract. In
some sense, it's a generational thing, and one should be aware of both
useages, but the history is in the link above.
If some snob corrects me on either usage and I'm feeling nasty, I'll
often smile and say, "you know, I've been trying to find an RDBMS expert.
Could you briefly explain to me what a relation really is and how tuples are
involved?" Amazing how few self-defined experts really understand
relational database concepts.
More than you probably wanted to know,
Joe Sam
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Spicer
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 3:06 PM
To: list
Subject: How do you say "SQL?"
Just to satisfy my own curiosity, I was wondering how many "seequell" and
"es cue ell" people there were on the list. Personally, I say "es cue ell".
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