Re: Apache and Microsoft Access Database

[DJA <djallen@xxxxxxx>]

"John H. Robinson, IV" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 12:48:12AM -0800, DJA wrote:
> >
> > S(equential Q(uery L(anguage. That's what it meant originally, and
> > that's what it still means today.
> 
> ??
> 
> a quick google search on ``sequential query languge'' got one (one!) hit
> in the top ten about SQL.

I found the connection much higher when I actually went to the pages
returned in the search results. Which is how I got the definition to
begin with just to back up my statement.


> the top 30 hits on ``structured query language'' were
> all about SQL.
> as a control, a search on ``standard query language''
> popped up one hit that defined SQL as standard query
> language. (based upon the short synopsis that google
> returns)

Neither google search results nor the Internet itself should be taken as
the last or even most accurate word on anything - even computer related
topics.


> i have _never_ heard it called ``sequential query
> languge,'' though i have occasionally heard
> ``standard''
> 
> -john

I have. From co-workers who programmed in it everyday. Another source of
authority which I would trust more than a "Quick google search" would be
SQL programming books. Next time I'm in SDTB, I'll have a look-see, just
to satify my own curiosity.

-- 
   Best Regards,
      ~DJA.

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