"Alright I have inside info from a close relative about the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce."
--Why am I doubting this from the very first sentence?
"I can 100% confirm the divorce is due to Bill's sexual behavior."
--You couldn't "100% confirm" that even if you were privy to Melinda's pillow secrets, because she might be lying. And might not be the original Melinda.
"Bill Gates very very well could be the first unsealed indictment Q mentioned. I have some Grade A Hopium for you in here."
--You've been here a year, and write like a string-along artist.
SQL is language for interacting with databases. Basically a document describing the grammar of the language. Most database engines, the programs which actually maintains and provides read/write access to the underlying database, will allow clients to access the database via SQL. For example, if I have a connection to a database I can send it the following SQL query:
select FirstName, LastName from contacts where state='NY'
which will return a result set containing the first and last name of all my contacts who live in NY.
Microsoft's database engine is called SQL Server. While database engines usually run on server class machines, they can be run on just about any type of device, even your phone, as long as the appropriate resources are available.
SQL is an acronym for Structured Query Language. It is a commonly-used querying language across numerous transactional databases, although each database has their own syntax or "flavor" of SQL. Some are more powerful or complex than others, and all are custom tuned to whatever database they support. As an example:
MS Access = Jet SQL
MS SQL Server = Transact-SQL
Oracle = PL/SQL
and so on
Thanks.it was long ago, I forgot that they may have purchases a smaller company's product and used it to develop a consumer product for the Office Suite..
And I wasn't all that aware of administrative (higher order) products such as server applications back then...
Not really. While maybe not the best analogy, it would be similar to calling Microsoft Word Microsoft RTF. Microsoft Word can save as an RTF file but it doesn't make sense to call Microsoft Word Microsoft RTF. As someone else mentioned, calling it SQL Server might be reasonable as most people will probably know what you mean as I don't think any other database company's database engine is called 'xx SQL Server', eg. Oracle SQL Server.
Plus there is Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio so you might confuse people as to what product you're referring to if you just say Microsoft SQL.
FWIW my boss calls Virtualbox “Oracle Box” with a really weird Canadian accent on the “box”. Makes me cringe every time.
It's like the fucking Big Bang Theory all up in this bitch.
"Alright I have inside info from a close relative about the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce."
--Why am I doubting this from the very first sentence?
"I can 100% confirm the divorce is due to Bill's sexual behavior."
--You couldn't "100% confirm" that even if you were privy to Melinda's pillow secrets, because she might be lying. And might not be the original Melinda.
"Bill Gates very very well could be the first unsealed indictment Q mentioned. I have some Grade A Hopium for you in here."
--You've been here a year, and write like a string-along artist.
That's hilarious.
Wow! Did you know Leon Panetta is on the board of Oracle and Oracle is named after a program for the CIA?
Hey, I administer Oracle Solaris and databases!
I thought SQL meant structured query language?
Wouldn't that make the server just the device it runs on? ;)
SQL is language for interacting with databases. Basically a document describing the grammar of the language. Most database engines, the programs which actually maintains and provides read/write access to the underlying database, will allow clients to access the database via SQL. For example, if I have a connection to a database I can send it the following SQL query:
which will return a result set containing the first and last name of all my contacts who live in NY.
Microsoft's database engine is called SQL Server. While database engines usually run on server class machines, they can be run on just about any type of device, even your phone, as long as the appropriate resources are available.
For those who are unsure what a "database" even is - it's a special computer storage area where you can lose all your data in a structured manner.
isn't SQL the foundation of Microsoft Access (from waaay back) that predates the Microsoft SQL Sever product doesn't it?
SQL is an acronym for Structured Query Language. It is a commonly-used querying language across numerous transactional databases, although each database has their own syntax or "flavor" of SQL. Some are more powerful or complex than others, and all are custom tuned to whatever database they support. As an example:
MS Access = Jet SQL MS SQL Server = Transact-SQL Oracle = PL/SQL and so on
Thanks.it was long ago, I forgot that they may have purchases a smaller company's product and used it to develop a consumer product for the Office Suite..
And I wasn't all that aware of administrative (higher order) products such as server applications back then...
Yep, you are correct. Although it didn't really become popular until SQL Server 7 (in the 97/98 timeframe, IIRC).
Is there more than one type of Microsoft SQL ____? Because if not it's perfectly understood and it's more like calling YMCA "The Y"
Hey, I ate a box lunch at the Y.
Some of those fish tacos are awesome ... Others not so much.
I see what you did there.
Holy moly, there's a puddle of 1s and 0s forming up from this pissing contest!! ?
Not really. While maybe not the best analogy, it would be similar to calling Microsoft Word Microsoft RTF. Microsoft Word can save as an RTF file but it doesn't make sense to call Microsoft Word Microsoft RTF. As someone else mentioned, calling it SQL Server might be reasonable as most people will probably know what you mean as I don't think any other database company's database engine is called 'xx SQL Server', eg. Oracle SQL Server.
Plus there is Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio so you might confuse people as to what product you're referring to if you just say Microsoft SQL.
if anything, sql server for short not microsoft sql