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Re:SQL: One of the most valuable skills by dominotw on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @12:13AM (#19150616)
I find it hard to accept that ppl are talking about 'querying tabular data in rows and columns with some structured language' when they talk about sql. They are surely talking about the specific syntax.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL

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Re:SQL: One of the most valuable skills by fiddlerwoaroof on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @12:18AM (#19150635)
And then, when working in a legacy code base, you run into a dark corner inhabited by pre-ANSI joins and get eaten by a gru.
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Re:SQL: One of the most valuable skills by chillacy on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:06AM (#19169030)
Great, maybe you can ask the parent poster, but the following are now factual statements:

1. You believe in your interpretation. This is true.

2. The parent poster has their interpretation. This is true.

3. The statement "They are surely talking about the specific syntax" is true if and only if their interpretation is the same as your interpretation.

4. This is a semantic argument now.

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Re:SQL: One of the most valuable skills by dominotw on Monday February 18, 2019 @11:08AM (#19191661)
> 4. This is a semantic argument now.

What about wikipedia entry that lists a specific syntax?

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