The history of SQL and relational databases traces back to E.F. Codd, an IBM researcher who first published an article on the relational database idea in June 1970. Codd's article started a flurry of research, including a major project at IBM. Part of this project was a database query language named SEQUEL, an acronym for Structured English Query Language. The name was later changed to SQL for legal reasons, but many people still pronounce it SEQUEL to this day.
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:My S Q L sounds right to me... but I've gotten used to calling it sequel cuz that's what it is referred to by everybody else here.
Well, you should be used to that given that your name is spelled "The Ninja Space Goat" but pronounced "Smith".
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:My S Q L sounds right to me... but I've gotten used to calling it sequel cuz that's what it is referred to by everybody else here.
Well, you should be used to that given that your name is spelled "The Ninja Space Goat" but pronounced "Smith".
I pronounce it Smath, but thats a whole new discussion on it's own, now isn't it.
I always pronounce it as S-Q-L.. unless i'm talking about a microsoft sequel server... (As long as people know what you're talking about i don't care about pronounciation...)
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:My S Q L sounds right to me... but I've gotten used to calling it sequel cuz that's what it is referred to by everybody else here.
Everyone I've heard here pronounces it either MySQL or mysql. Some of the noobz pronounce it Mysql. heh, losers.