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They’re both acronyms, so yes? You always write acronyms in upper case.

Structured Query Language (SQL)

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Some exceptions to the rule exist, like “Database” is usually abbreviated as Db in acronyms. For instance, IMDb (Internet Movie Database).

Although considering database is a singular word, it makes sense to lower-case the middle letter of the word, as it wouldn’t be capitalized in the spelled-out word anyway.

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Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Not sure if joking but I meant the language not the acronym.

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- cobysev@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  SQL is the language. Its name is also an acronym, for “Structured Query Language.”
  
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  - Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    More specifically I meant when I am writing in the language.
    
    I don’t write “SELECT * FROM users;”, I write “select * from users;”
    
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  - LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    It is more like
    
    SELECT users.id FROM users
    
    or
    
    select users.id from users
    
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    ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Is your caps lock broken? What the heck is that second select?
    
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