Re: FAQ 1.1

From: Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>
To: Klint Gore <kg(at)kgb(dot)une(dot)edu(dot)au>
Subject: Re: FAQ 1.1
Date: 2006-03-28 19:49:31
Message-ID: 4429934B.10506@cheapcomplexdevices.com
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ANSI has declared that the official pronunciation for SQL is /ɛs kjuː ɛl/

Klint Gore wrote:
>
> Who's "they"? The only datbase vendor I've heard call their own product
> "sequel" is MS.

SEQUEL (pronounced sequel) was a predecessor to SQL in IBM's 1970's
System R database; but isn't really the same thing as SQL.

[both statements from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sql ]

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