An Empassioned and Meaningless Debate
Posted by David Aldridge on 2008-04-25
“See-qwel” or “S-Q-L”? Have your say on this highly important matter here, and help shape the future of our industry.
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2008-04-25 at 10:32 am
The children! Won’t somebody think of the children!?
2008-04-25 at 11:32 am
Obviously, the correct answer is “squeal”
2008-04-25 at 3:20 pm
see-qwel
2008-04-25 at 6:49 pm
Well, go to the creator.
Ted called it S-Q-L, so help me Codd . . . . .
2008-04-26 at 7:51 am
Just wait till they get onto Bee-lobs.
2008-04-28 at 1:50 am
‘Ese-Ku-Ele’ (in spanish) ;)
Cheers.
Carlos.
2008-04-28 at 12:51 pm
I use SQL because the predecessor was SEQUEL “Structured English QUEry Language”. Strangley enough, IBM’s documentation uses “an SQL”, showing how they pronounce it.
2008-04-29 at 10:17 am
“suckle”
2008-05-02 at 9:11 pm
I’m pretty schizoid about it. “sequel server”, “s-q-l plus”, “sequel developer”, “s-q-l” (alone), “sql worksheet”.
2008-05-27 at 9:08 am
I have always called it SQrL (as in the animal that eats nuts)