February 11, 2004 8:42 AM
After years of mediating between people who pronounce each letter individually, and people who say "sequel", I want to make it clear that the correct pronunciation of SQL is:
Squirrel
Thus, we have PostgreSquirrel, MySquirrel, and if you're a masochist, Microsoft Squirrel Server. HSQLDB is a little harder to pronounce, until you realise it's really called "HyperSquirrel".
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Try this on for size: http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/
I guess, it's a Squirrel Squirrel Client. My head just Exploded!
--Mel
:-)
Glad you've SQueLched that argument.
Looking forward to the, erm, sequal, on: "GUID's"!
By the way, the correct pronunciation of HQL is Hequel ;)
Most (otherwise sane) Java programmers would rather code a million lines than have to interact with an S.Q.L. database. Are you trying make databases more popular by linking them with the image of a cute, cuddly animal?
Can't do any harm.
You know, I heard that once, that SQL was squirrel. Ever since I was convinced I'd misheard it, and kept trying to convince myself that SQL couldn't possibly have been squirrel. I'm very relieved to know that my ears hadn't deceived me. Thank you, Charles, for once again alleviating my geek stress factors.
MS Squirrel is expensive, but performance-wise the latest version is awesome, especially running on Win2k3. And now that we're using ADO.NET, all the DataSets we get back from the server come as cute little bundles of valid XML. Nice.
I won't argue about TCO, but in terms of developer friendliness I've never seen anything better.
I always spell it out: "ess que ell". Fashonably retro, I'd say. ;-)
And the Oracle procedural database language is "peeled squirrel".
Now I think about it, where's your proof? I can't find any. :)
Looks like a SQuabbLe to me
Google "pronounce SQL" says "Results 1 - 100 of about 5,140"
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=pronounce+sql
In other news, C.J. Date himself wrote, "SQL was indeed originally called SEQUEL; the name was an acronym for Structured English (not "English-like") Query Language. The name was subsequently changed for legal reasons" ... http://www.pgro.uk7.net/cjd6a.htm.
There are persistent rumours that ANSI has decreed the "es queue el" pronunciation, but I can't find the source document ... http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22es+queue+el%22
If it must be said as a word, I've always preferred "Squeal".