RE: Sequal sp?

2000-08-28 Thread Zachary Bedell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The acronym SQL is often pronounced sequel (\see' kwill\). That comes from the old name of the language -- Structured *English* Query Language (SEQL). The 'E' got dropped, but especially for Microsoft's SQL Server, it's sometimes (usually?)

Re: Sequal sp?

2000-08-28 Thread Peter Theobald
A relational database that uses the standard (more or less) Structured Query Language. Get it? Structured Query Language = SQL = Sequal ("See-Qual") Today this means most if not all Enterprise quality databases. Sybase, Oracle, MSSQL, Informix, etc. At 02:18 PM 8/28/00 -0400, Chad wrote: What

RE: Sequal sp?

2000-08-28 Thread Benjamin S. Rogers
SQL - Structured Query Language http://www.whatis.com/WhatIs_Definition_Page/0,4152,214230,00.html Benjamin S. Rogers Web Developer, c4.net voice: (508) 240-0051 fax: (508) 240-0057 -Original Message- From: Chad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:18 PM To: [EMAIL

RE: Sequal sp?

2000-08-28 Thread lsellers
What is meant by a "sequal" server/database? Im spelling it like it sounds :) SQL was originally supposed to be called Sequel, and/or Structured Query Language (or Structured English Query Language). But wasn't due to legal reasons. There is no such thing. SQL is just S-Q-L. Nothing else.