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"SQL" will be exclusively pronounced from this day henceforth:
Feel free to boost for a larger sample.
#poll #sql #databases

The more I learn about Agentic AI, the more it feels like LLMs behave similar to a next-gen "SQL" where Agents define the "source tables" that can be searched for specific information. The metadata discloses the purpose and content of each agent, so that the LLM can join it when appropriate.
Very flexible free form SQL, with very costly execution.
#ai

from my link log —
Against SQL.
https://scattered-thoughts.net/writing/against-sql/
saved 2021-07-10 https://dotat.at/:/3Q8D…

Is there any relational database that does not use SQL?
I really don't like SQL syntax and sending commands over dynamicly composed strings.

Today I once again wrote some nice SQL to fix yesterdays fuckup. A few years ago I would have written a #Perl script, but nowadays my #SQL is good enough (and #Postgres has nice enough features) to d…

Both Ends Count! Just How Good are LLM Agents at "Text-to-Big SQL"?
Germ\'an T. Eizaguirre, Lars Tissen, Marc S\'anchez-Artigas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21480

«Stoolap - High-performance embedded SQL database in Rust»
Have any of you tried it before and what is your experience with it? Can it be used in the same way as SQLite? I ask because the open source project is relatively new, i.e. are there certain arguments to (not) use it productively?
🦀 https://stoolap.io…

from my link log —
SELECT WAT FROM SQL;
https://scattered-thoughts.net/writing/select-wat-from-sql/
saved 2020-04-17 https://

Im using case_when() quite a lot, case_match() is new to me: #rstats

Replaced article(s) found for cs.DB. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.DB/new
[1/1]:
- High-Fidelity And Complex Test Data Generation For Google SQL Code Generation Services
Shivasankari Kannan, Yeounoh Chung, Amita Gondi, Tristan Swadell, Fatma Ozcan

Writing database queries is too close to the metal. Best practices don’t work! It’s time to make SQL enterprise-scale with utility classes.
https://tailwindsql.xyz/

Dagens nya ord - datakub. Rolig att sql'a in i men svår att navigera i

RE: https://chaos.social/@jon_ellis/115945377287261558
This is a valid point. SQL is the only language that I have used at every full-time job of mine. I first learned it around 1998 and last wrote some two weeks ago. I've only used assembly longer, but…

Ich brauche noch einen Kaffee oder warum kann die Bash kein SQL?
user@host:~$ SELECT s.id, s.url …
FROM statuses s
JOIN …
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: FROM: command not found
#fail

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SQL is the lingua franca. Hiring, maintenance, and reviews get easier when the query is the spec.
Over time, all NoSQL framework include SQL interfaces.
https://medium.com/@Modexa/the-sql-comeback-fabb86f6bfce

Tonight I made a daiquiri.
And then I realized, the way it’s spelled looks a lot like a portmanteau of daj (Polish: Give) and query.
So maybe every time someone gives you a SQL query, that’s actually a daiquiri.

Upgraded a server today from Windows 2019 to 2025. Also upgraded the MSSQL on it. Usually we find MSSQL 2019, occasionally MSSQL 2016 (ick) but we've been slowly bringing everything up to date and under IT management. The box we have on schedule for tomorrow? It is Windows 2019 but somehow running SQL Express 2005. 🤦 🤦 Double facepalm on that one.

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Data Science is different things to different people so the list of things you need to know is hard to pin down.
It's often understood to go beyond data analysis.

In addition to Python programming and statistics you need to know at least:
- data manipulation tools including SQL, dataframes (polars, pandas)
- fund…

@…

Data Science is different things to different people so the list of things you need to know is hard to pin down.
It's often understood to go beyond data analysis.

In addition to Python programming and statistics you need to know at least:
- data manipulation tools including SQL, dataframes (polars, pandas)
- fund…

Scott Stroz will speak on 'REST Assured: Serving Up MySQL REST Service with Node—No SQL Required!' as part of our MySQL@SCaLE track at SCaLE 23x. Full details: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x

A good day is when I learn something new. Today I learned a small thing in AWK for IF statements. It makes the life of the team easier now as I can allow for multiple year checks on an input file. This coming December I can set it up to handle 2026/2027 dates without causing an error message like we received today. I knew how to do it in APL, BASIC, C, dBase, PASCAL, PL/1, COBOL, FORTRAN, REXX, RUST, SQL and BASH. Never did it in AWK.

New SQL Notebook: Home made font tracing
There are many tools outwhere to create fonts from bitmap images, be it handwritten fonts or fonts from old books. They all involve quite a lot of homework. Letters have to be written carefully on a grid, bounding boxes have to be defined.
I wondered if the process could be made a little bit more straightforward. I want just to scan a book´s page and the tool creates the font for me, identifying all letters.
https://www.belle-nuit.com/sql-notebook/index.html?url=../site/files/home-made-font-tracing.json

from my link log —
Four ways to improve a perfect SQL join algorithm.
https://remy.wang/blog/ya-fast.html
saved 2026-01-04 https://dotat.at/:/QZ8MM.…

SQL Notebook: The tiger image
https://www.belle-nuit.com/sql-notebook/index.html?url=../site/files/the-tiger-image.json

Home made PostScript Type 3 fonts
https://www.belle-nuit.com/sql-notebook/index.html?url=../site/files/home-made-postscript-type-3-fonts.json