Comment on What if an SQL Statement Returned a Database?

poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Plenty people say Ess Que Ell. And hence “an” would be correct to use.

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• Oszilloraptor@feddit.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There are four types of people:

  • "S.Q.L."
  • Sequel
  • Squirrel (seriously, I met 3 unrelated people saying squirrel. Why?!)
  • Who cares? You should use [another tool] anyway

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  • jadero@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    #5? (Me): pronounced S.Q.L. except for Microsoft’s product which is pronounced “sequel server”.

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  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just run if they pronounce SQL as “Mongo”.

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  • moonpiedumplings@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You forgot “squeal”

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