03-31-2006, 12:54 AM
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SQL, how do you pronounce that??
I'v always pronounced the name "Ess - Q - El"
now I was watching this IpSwitch WhatsUp video and noticed they are pronouncing it more "C - Q - El" wich is kind of weird heh
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03-31-2006, 03:30 AM
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Yeah, I think that is how it is supposed to be pronounced
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03-31-2006, 03:36 AM
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It's pronounced "sequel".
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03-31-2006, 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Dan Grossman
It's pronounced "sequel".
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Agreed... 
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03-31-2006, 04:22 AM
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I pronounce it 'Ess Q El'. 'Sequel' just sounds ..... stupid to me
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During the 1970s, a group at IBM's San Jose research center developed a database system "System R" based upon Codd's model. Structured English Query Language ("SEQUEL") was designed to manipulate and retrieve data stored in System R. The acronym SEQUEL was later condensed to SQL because the word 'SEQUEL' was held as a trademark by the Hawker-Siddeley aircraft company of the UK. Although SQL was influenced by Codd's work, Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce at IBM were the authors of the SEQUEL language design.[1]. Their concepts were published to increase interest in SQL.
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03-31-2006, 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by fyrestrtr
I pronounce it 'Ess Q El'. 'Sequel' just sounds ..... stupid to me |
Everyone to their own 
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03-31-2006, 04:31 AM
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It's an acronym, not a word, therefore S-Q-L for me .
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03-31-2006, 04:37 AM
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Google it, read the many debates, pronounce it how you like!
FWIW MySQL is officially "My Ess Que Ell"
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03-31-2006, 04:38 AM
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Originally Posted by error404
It's an acronym, not a word, therefore S-Q-L for me . |
I agree with you here however I find it more fluent to say Sequel than I do S-Q-L.
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03-31-2006, 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by fyrestrtr
I pronounce it 'Ess Q El'. 'Sequel' just sounds ..... stupid to me |
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Originally Posted by error404
It's an acronym, not a word, therefore S-Q-L for me . |
Seconded .
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03-31-2006, 11:55 AM
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Either or, but...
It's typically "sequel" when you're refering to MS SQL Server, and "ess Q el" just about everywhere else.
People who go around saying "sequel" sould a little silly to me. Sorta like people who say Lienix or Leenix. I know why these pronounciations exist, but they're a little to l33t for my tastes.
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03-31-2006, 12:20 PM
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I don't really care which one people use lolz. if you understand what they mean by "sequel" "seakol" or "ess q el", that's alright
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03-31-2006, 12:42 PM
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I would have never imagined it being anything BUT S-Q-L, because everything I've learned is in the use of the web, so I just read it as an acronym. Seems to me, in the 1970's they were just too happy with cute names, and S-Q-L sounds much more official, sequel sounds like it's a new version of something. Like, is there a prequel?
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03-31-2006, 12:57 PM
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S-Q-L sequel just sounds way to weird.
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03-31-2006, 01:30 PM
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It was originally "Structured English Query Language", hence SEQUEL.
So the old pronounciation is still around. The only time I ever hear it now is when microsoft is talking about SQL Server.... and from a few people who like to be inappropriately correct.
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