The Big Apple: “I saw a movie on databases today. Can’t wait for the SQL”

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Entry from July 03, 2019

“I saw a movie on databases today. Can’t wait for the SQL”

"SQL” (Structured Query Language) can sound like “sequel.” “That was almost as good as the database movie, Skye. I can’t wait for the Sql” was posted on Twitter by Kevin Oelze on February 7, 2011. “I loved the database movie. I can’t wait for the SQL” was posted on Twitter by Kevin Oelze on December 10, 2015.

“I just watched a movie about databases. Can’t wait for the SQL” was posted on Reddit—ProgrammerHumor on February 27, 2017. “Saw a great movie last night about databases. Can’t wait for the SQL” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on July 3, 2019.

Wikipedia: SQL
SQL (/ˌɛsˌkjuːˈɛl/ S-Q-L, /ˈsiːkwəl/ “sequel”; Structured Query Language) is a domain-specific language used in programming and designed for managing data held in a relational database management system (RDBMS), or for stream processing in a relational data stream management system (RDSMS). It is particularly useful in handling structured data where there are relations between different entities/variables of the data. SQL offers two main advantages over older read/write APIs like ISAM or VSAM. First, it introduced the concept of accessing many records with one single command; and second, it eliminates the need to specify how to reach a record, e.g. with or without an index.

Twitter
Kevin Oelze
@DivineWolfwood
@vampirecoffee That was almost as good as the database movie, Skye. I can’t wait for the Sql.
3:32 PM - 7 Feb 2011

Twitter
Kevin Oelze
@DivineWolfwood
Replying to @prototype27
@prototype27 @vampirecoffee I mean, I don’t know what they’re talking about. I loved the database movie. I can’t wait for the SQL.
5:37 PM - 10 Dec 2015 from San Jose, CA

Reddit—ProgrammerHumor
Posted by u/AmateurLlama February 27, 2017
I just watched a movie about databases. Can’t wait for the SQL.

Twitter
Programmer Humor
@prohumorbot
I just watched a movie about databases. Can’t wait for the SQL. https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/5wdkc5/i_just_watched_a_movie_about_databases_cant_wait/ … #programmer #funny
12:25 PM - 27 Feb 2017

Twitter
Leon
@0beseninja
I saw a movie on databases today. Can’t wait for the SQL.
1:33 PM - 27 Feb 2017

Twitter
Tyler Vigen
@TylerVigen
I just watched a movie about databasing. I can’t wait for the SQL.
10:39 AM - 4 Mar 2017

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/xRubyyRed July 3, 2019
Saw a great movie last night about databases.
Can’t wait for the SQL.
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