How long has "SQL Server" been a programming language?

[FuzzyBee]

SQL is a language. SQL Server is not. I know that Microsoft has bastardized the language to fit in Server, but it still ain't a language.

from here:

Computer Programming Skills
Understanding how to harness a computer's power and program it to meet the specific needs of a particular company can dramatically increase your employment opportunities. Specific languages most in demand today include C++, Java, HTML, Visual Basic, Unix and SQL Server.

 

[conjur]

That's a problem with the ad.

Microsoft's SQL Server has its own SQL syntax just as Oracle has its own, MySQL has its own, etc.

Besides, Unix isn't a language either now is it?

 

[ggavinmoss]

For that matter, how long has UNIX been a language?

-geoff

 

[UF Jspec]

SQL Server's version of SQL is called Transact SQL (T-SQL for short).

I think Oracle's is called PL SQL

 

[Electric Amish]

VB is a language that's "in demand"??

amish

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
VB is a language that's "in demand"??

amish

Sure. There's a boatload of VB development out there. That's what's put food on my plate for the past several years.

 

[FuzzyBee]

Originally posted by: conjur
That's a problem with the ad.
Besides, Unix isn't a language either now is it?

true. i hate it when people that are supposed to know what they're talking about (i.e., the article writer) but they just know buzzwords.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
VB is a language that's "in demand"??

amish

Sure. There's a boatload of VB development out there. That's what's put food on my plate for the past several years.

I concur with conjur.

VB is extremeley versatile in interfacing multiple databases. Also very easy to make splash screens for other programs or input forms for simple tasks.

 

[rh71]

Most likely an HR figure posted that ... and only knew the "buzzwords" ...