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Depends on whether you pronounce it see-kew-lite or ess-kew-lite :)
by nzmsv 7y ago
Depends on whether you pronounce it see-kew-lite or ess-kew-lite :)
- teh_klev 7y agoI think when you write "SQL", regardless of pronunciation, it should be "a".
- maximente 7y agono, the person you're replying to is correct. the rule is about the sound of what follows, not whether or not it's a consonant/vowel: - an SSD if you pronounce it ess-ess-dee - a universal constraint - vowel but a is correct here due to sound - an SQL database - again, pronunciation dependent
- aarpmcgee 7y ago“an” sounds more natural to my ears, right or wrong.
- sneak 7y agoI was always under the impression that pronouncing “SQL” as “sequel” was a marketing meme started by Microsoft for their proprietary software.
- teh_klev 7y agoWhen I was at college in the mid 80's and studied relational databases (and stuff like CODASYL :) ) we pronounced it "sequel". This was long before I was aware MS had their own SQL product (edit: which first shipped in 1989 on OS/2). As per our lectures, the "sequel" pronunciation dates back to when there was a database language named "SEQUEL"; and despite the name change, "sequel" stuck as the pronunciation. In all my years in the industry working with SQL databases (since the early 90's), virtually no-one familiar with these products spelled out S-Q-L as the pronunciation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL#History