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John F. Schlesinger asks, > OK, so what does SQL stand for? There's no help from Chris Date (in "A Guide > to the SQL Standard" and in "An Introduction to Database Systems" he says > that it is pronounced "esskuel" and that it used to stand for Structured > Query Language). > > Is it a TLA (three letter acronym) which stands for nothing? How ironic. > Yes, I have it direct from Mike Gorman, who was the secretary of the ANSI SQL subcommittee for years (still is, so far as I know, and on his own dime, too!). SQL is pronounced "Ess-Que-Ell', and does ***not*** stand for anything any more, including "Structured Query Language" Tom Passin *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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