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  • T twohowlingdogs

    So I post this question to you all since I grew up being told it is S-Q-L Server and the professors getting upset at hearing Sequal Server or just plain Sequal. Then I get this job here and the younger web developer says it is Sequal, not S-Q-L. I stand by my teaching and still say S-Q-L. You?

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    Rage
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    :) Just reminded me that I used to pronounce ASCII "A.S.C.2" when I was a child. Until I made the connection between that "aski" and ASCII.:-O

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    • T twohowlingdogs

      So I post this question to you all since I grew up being told it is S-Q-L Server and the professors getting upset at hearing Sequal Server or just plain Sequal. Then I get this job here and the younger web developer says it is Sequal, not S-Q-L. I stand by my teaching and still say S-Q-L. You?

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      Soulus83
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      Sequel... what? how do you call C#? "Ci-pound??" ...runs behind the chair and cover his ears, after knowing that he has just started a new flame war....

      "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--either way, you are right." — Henry Ford

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      • T twohowlingdogs

        So I post this question to you all since I grew up being told it is S-Q-L Server and the professors getting upset at hearing Sequal Server or just plain Sequal. Then I get this job here and the younger web developer says it is Sequal, not S-Q-L. I stand by my teaching and still say S-Q-L. You?

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        Lost User
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        It's pronounced as "Oracle" :)

        I are Troll :suss:

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          :) Just reminded me that I used to pronounce ASCII "A.S.C.2" when I was a child. Until I made the connection between that "aski" and ASCII.:-O

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          twohowlingdogs
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          You've got a good point there. But I've always said 'aski'. I just can't bring myself to say sequel...habit I guess.

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            Sequel... what? how do you call C#? "Ci-pound??" ...runs behind the chair and cover his ears, after knowing that he has just started a new flame war....

            "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--either way, you are right." — Henry Ford

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            twohowlingdogs
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            :laugh:

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            • T twohowlingdogs

              So I post this question to you all since I grew up being told it is S-Q-L Server and the professors getting upset at hearing Sequal Server or just plain Sequal. Then I get this job here and the younger web developer says it is Sequal, not S-Q-L. I stand by my teaching and still say S-Q-L. You?

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              thatraja
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              S-Q-L. No need pronouncation.

              thatraja


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                Sequel... what? how do you call C#? "Ci-pound??" ...runs behind the chair and cover his ears, after knowing that he has just started a new flame war....

                "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--either way, you are right." — Henry Ford

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                Dalek Dave
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                Chash?

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                • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                  I see quail.

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                  Joe Simes
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                  Are they dead?

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    Muggles say SQL, Wizards say Sequal.

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                    wizardzz
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                    It's true, I never say S-Q-L.

                    "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" — Hunter S. Thompson

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                    • B BillW33

                      Everyone around here says Sequal.

                      Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.

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                      Xiangyang Liu
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                      I say Squirrel.

                      My Younger Son & His "PET"

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                      • E Ennis Ray Lynch Jr

                        If you are referring to the language the official pronunciation is Sequel[^] if you are referring to the Microsoft Product the pronunciation is S.Q.L. Server to aid in the disambiguation. Whereas a Sequel Server would be any ANSI-SQL database. While I do not have an official reference, reading the Wiki on SQL suggests that SEQUEL is a trademarked name. Thus M.S. would not be able to use Sequel in advertising. Industry best-practice, however, is to fully qualify the product since there is so much confusion with regards to the myriad numbers of SQL based products. Remember, Microsoft isn't the big player in this field (17% market-share vs. Oracle 49%)

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                        Joe Simes
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                        The better question is how do you say RDBMS? RidBimess?

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                        • T twohowlingdogs

                          So I post this question to you all since I grew up being told it is S-Q-L Server and the professors getting upset at hearing Sequal Server or just plain Sequal. Then I get this job here and the younger web developer says it is Sequal, not S-Q-L. I stand by my teaching and still say S-Q-L. You?

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                          Slacker007
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                          What is this word Sequal? Is that like a Sequel to a movie? :)

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                            S-Q-L. No need pronouncation.

                            thatraja


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                            Xiangyang Liu
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                            Ok, S minus Q minus L, I still don't know the answer! :)

                            My Younger Son & His "PET"

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                            • S Slacker007

                              What is this word Sequal? Is that like a Sequel to a movie? :)

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                              twohowlingdogs
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                              Yea. It's the sequel to the sequal. My bad for misspelling it! :doh:

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                              • T twohowlingdogs

                                So I post this question to you all since I grew up being told it is S-Q-L Server and the professors getting upset at hearing Sequal Server or just plain Sequal. Then I get this job here and the younger web developer says it is Sequal, not S-Q-L. I stand by my teaching and still say S-Q-L. You?

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                                Quirkafleeg
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                                If you're unsure, you could always use my method: Monday: Pronounce it "Sequel" Tuesday: Pronounce it "S-Q-L" Wednesday: Flip a coin evertime you need to say it Thursday: Alternate each time you need to say it Friday: Refuse to speak at all Saturday & Sunday: find a non-programming hobby

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                                • T twohowlingdogs

                                  So I post this question to you all since I grew up being told it is S-Q-L Server and the professors getting upset at hearing Sequal Server or just plain Sequal. Then I get this job here and the younger web developer says it is Sequal, not S-Q-L. I stand by my teaching and still say S-Q-L. You?

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                                  Henry Minute
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                                  NoSql!

                                  Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                                  • T twohowlingdogs

                                    Yea. It's the sequel to the sequal. My bad for misspelling it! :doh:

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                                    Slacker007
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                                    twohowlingdogs wrote:

                                    My bad for misspelling it!

                                    I don't know if you misspelled it, I was just giving you a jab over it. :) I refer to "SQL Server" as "sequal server". I refer to SQL as "SQL". My 2 cents.

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                                    • J Joe Simes

                                      The better question is how do you say RDBMS? RidBimess?

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                                      Bassam Abdul Baki
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                                      Red bums.

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                                      • B BillW33

                                        Everyone around here says Sequal.

                                        Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.

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                                        MecAlex
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                                        I also was confused when due to pronunciation it sounds differently than S-Q-L

                                        We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic

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                                        • B BillW33

                                          Everyone around here says Sequal.

                                          Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.

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                                          MecAlex
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                                          By the way, quite strange, as where I work now even admin does not say 'Sequel', only on my previous workplace

                                          We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic

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