A SQL query walks into a bar, he sees two tables and joins them
@feraudyh16 күн бұрын
Then he has a row with the owner.
@feraudyh16 күн бұрын
The owner only authorizes select clients
@slowdownex15 күн бұрын
That was pretty good 😂 I haven't heard that one
@ValidatingUsername15 күн бұрын
@@feraudyhWhen the bouncers list is updated he seats the selected guests at the joined tables where their ID matched their nametags 😂
@vinterskugge90714 күн бұрын
... but alas, it was a full join. Thus, the glasses from those two tables duplicated and then duplicated again. And again. Soon, the glasses were filling the entire bar, from floor to ceiling. A union guy came and cleaned up, then declared "No more joins! If you want stuff from different tables, only unions are allowed to do that from now on."
@ineptengineer16 күн бұрын
As a daily user of sql databases, i really enjoy hearing the history
@glass00jdofiwbskdg16 күн бұрын
Aren't we all daily users of SQL databases? Hahaha
@kyriosity-at-github14 күн бұрын
@@glass00jdofiwbskdg there're wild tribes in Amazonia who ain't.
@eigentensor16 күн бұрын
6:30 lmao at the Boeing picture :)
@MotokoKaiousei16 күн бұрын
Maybe they found the Bolts in the Database? 🤔
@kaminakaminakaminakamina16 күн бұрын
I just paused the video to come comment the same thing! 🤣
@CraftMine100015 күн бұрын
@@MotokoKaiousei they're actually probably in there, how it got out of sync with the real world is a different question though :P
@dine909315 күн бұрын
Isn't that their new logo??
@MrHav1k13 күн бұрын
That had me rolling 🤣🤣
@nezbrun87216 күн бұрын
Another great SQL history video: I have a 35 year career in SQL, and again, I was unaware of much of this history detail. And you managed to discuss Codd without going into his Rules, for which you are to be congratulated! I worked briefly at the Microsoft campus shortly after SQL Server 2000 was released, as as a customer, we were struggling to get an enterprise system ported from the earlier Sybase-based database engine code that still resided in SQL Server 6.5 into 2000, and performance was proving a big problem: the optimiser had been significantly re-written since Microsoft had forked the database engine following their split from Sybase. While I was there, I was told a story of what happened when Microsoft and Sybase parted ways. There was an agreement that upon termination of their cooperation agreement, all source code would be shared between them at that point. As you can imagine, Microsoft had done a lot of development separately. So when Microsoft sent Sybase all their final source code,, they stripped out all of the white space and mangled all the identifier names. I've never looked upon Microsoft in the same way since.
@Theoryofcatsndogs16 күн бұрын
That sounds like what will Bill do.
@CaptainDangeax15 күн бұрын
I pity you for working on MS databases. It was always painful to me, and I'm a happy Linux engineer now
@TheMarkRich16 күн бұрын
"Porting like drunk rabbits". A phrase I must use more often.
@simonschneider591316 күн бұрын
we could have so much more great software if only we had those rabbits. makes you wonder whether sticking a CS-degree on everyone with a pulse was such great idea.
@williamlyerly311415 күн бұрын
Would have tried replicating instead of porting, but porting is so IT related.
@thomasgilson620616 күн бұрын
I remember an interview with Ted Codd in an 80's computer magazine where he made the interviewer sign an agreement that included the stipulation to refrain from calling him a "guru". Now I can't think of Codd or even SQL without that word "guru" popping into my head. Streisand effect.
@thiruvetti4 сағат бұрын
Wierd from Codd. Do u know why he put that condition to avoid calling him Guru?
@thomasgilson62062 сағат бұрын
@@thiruvetti I don't remember. But it was just one of several stipulations. Wierd enough for the interviewer to comment about it.
@thiruvetti2 сағат бұрын
@@thomasgilson6206 Ok. Tx
@grizwoldphantasia50053 ай бұрын
Ellison, Gates -- you've outdone yourself in the pictures you chose for them. Nice job!
@TheHilariousGoldenChariot16 күн бұрын
3 months ago???
@the_expidition42716 күн бұрын
@@TheHilariousGoldenChariot Patreon?
@TEDodd16 күн бұрын
When he says early access he really means early.@@TheHilariousGoldenChariot
@rickardmatt114 күн бұрын
Ellison looks so yass. Looking forward to Oracle 24.0.yass
@1pierosangiorgio16 күн бұрын
My father was COO of ASK/Ingress in the very early 90's. while I joined Oracle in 1993... exciting years.
@theronwolf329614 күн бұрын
The last 25 years of my work life before retirement were spent in SQL. Really liked working with it, especially the ability for ad hoc queries when unexpected information is needed. Periodically management would need some very specific information, and SQL was a great tool for that task.
@carmencrincoli16 күн бұрын
RIP Jim Gray. I had the pleasure of hearing him speak multiple times in my career at Microsoft before he was lost at sea. His disappearance sent shockwaves through the company. He was such a bright light in a company full of brilliant people.
@robinbinder86586 күн бұрын
".... and boeing [shows missing door plug] "... aw hell that was savage
@alexhubble16 күн бұрын
A teaser finish (a bloody teaser!) about the history of databases.... and I am hooked.
@randomuseryt514316 күн бұрын
wrangling and cleaning a 60GB database, the "VACUUM;" command made me laugh
@melanieblizard16 күн бұрын
I have to say the amount of effort you put into the script and production is excellent. Having worked at Logica and used databases i really enjoyed this. These subjects are fascinating because although they are considered obscure they are literally world changing. Thank you.
@efkastner16 күн бұрын
6:36 It’s slides like these that keep me coming back
@fredinit16 күн бұрын
16:00 Date's book is what my university used for the undergrad database class in the late 80's early 90's. I still have my copy. We used DB/2 on DOS-based PCs, and Date's book. This combination started to show the idiosyncratic differences between the different SQL dialects. Over her career, my wife has used Sybase, Ingress, SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, and DB/2.
@kondybas16 күн бұрын
Seventh edition dedicated to the 25-th anniversary of the first edition is right on my table now :) That's why I've moved to DBA after 20 years in IT - it is a most stable and conservative branch of the CS.
@pbernstein8016 күн бұрын
Loved the slide projector joke. I laughed heartily 👍
@fensoxx16 күн бұрын
Break it down for us plebes please 🤤
@eddievhfan198416 күн бұрын
@@fensoxx While Oracle was reasonably effective at its job as a database, its efficiency and stability didn't quite live up to the hype in sales presentations-it worked amazingly on the projector slide deck (the presentation materials), but customers using the tech in the real world didn't get the performance they were hoping for.
@mackal16 күн бұрын
Can we do a history of the current major open source SQL software? (mysql, mariadb, postgresql, etc)
@Armadurapersonal16 күн бұрын
i think that would fit for a part 3 or part 4 video on sql databases.
@EduardoEscarez16 күн бұрын
@@Armadurapersonal I agree, those RDBMS started around the end of the nineties, so there still a lot to cover in next videos.
@vulpo16 күн бұрын
And finally an episode on the challenges to relational databases by the No-SQL upstarts and where we are today.
@kondybas16 күн бұрын
@@vulpo Besides the CAP, noSQLs are popular mostly because the declarative approach of SQL is not very clear for coders stuck with imperative languages... Queries they write are terrible.
@vulpo15 күн бұрын
@@kondybas Yes, this is why Object-Relational Mapping tools like Hibernate (for Java) became popular [yuck!]. However some might prefer a simpler, lighter, and more transparent approach such as with Apache DbUtils that allows the programmer to have complete control and understanding of their data and SQL queries.
@rwang568816 күн бұрын
Love it - Oracle database ran best on PowerPoint and slide projectors 🤣
@Ultimatebubs16 күн бұрын
In other words, it never ran as well as Oracle promised it would in the sales presentations. Yeah... that sounds about right.
@michaelmoorrees358516 күн бұрын
Yep, runs best in a sales pitch.
@shawnnoyes462016 күн бұрын
Eventually, the database became rock solid. Version 5 was a good release.
@arpanmukherjee462516 күн бұрын
The time I used Oracle, 9i to 11g, it was rock solid
@user-nt1nu4hd4b16 күн бұрын
Oracle was, and still has more bugs than Starship Troopers. It was an absolute nightmare.
@frankchan427216 күн бұрын
Sybase used be in Emeryville before they moved to Dublin. I used to work at Oracle & Ed Oates office above my office & unfortunately I get his mail & he will get mine so I knew pretty well. He really didn’t need to work but wanted to do something.
@galen__16 күн бұрын
Really enjoying this multi-part look into the history of SQL and databases in general 👍
@caleballen472116 күн бұрын
Incredibly well done history. I am developing a query system (not relational, but somewhat related) and I find this extremely informative and useful. Thank you!
@dermick13 күн бұрын
If you do it right, you might become the next Larry Ellison!
@RobCoops15 күн бұрын
This is like a trip down memory lane, im to young to have known any of these products from their initial stages but I have literally had the "pleasure" (millage may vary) to work with every one of the databases mentioned in this video. It's really interesting to hear how all these sometimes nightmarish products are related. Love the video's they are a must watch pretty much regardless of the topic being covered they are always very well researched and informative, truly a joy to watch. Though some like this one make me fee very old 🙂 (I am not all that old just yet, just had the "good fortune" of working for a large enterprise that had swallowed up a little over 200 of its smaller competitors within less than a decade. That is how I got to first consolidate all the different companies systems into a few central data centers to then start and consolidating the different business applications covering the same processes into a single system either existing or newly build. Being part of that work results in you working with pretty much every DB under the sun as the logistics industry which was where this organization made its money is not known for their progressive IT procurement policies.
@thomaseckert569116 күн бұрын
Keep making these great videos! I'm loving the format and the well-researched content!
@MrHav1k13 күн бұрын
This was so informative Asianometry. Fills in a lot of context behind things I've wondered about for a while. Thanks!
@atheistbushman16 күн бұрын
I have so much work to do but you keep seducing me with well researched videos on topics I should not be binge watching!
@DrewNorthup12 күн бұрын
"The company now known as Oracle has a chaotic history." Understatement, subtle like a brick.
@kellymoses856615 күн бұрын
My database class about data normalization was one of the hardest classes.
@todd.mitchell14 күн бұрын
That course has paid off handsomely for me. Third normal form is a mindset.
@lxndr329916 күн бұрын
Slide Projector! What a knee slapper! You have a great sense of humor.
@larahporter812310 күн бұрын
Hey your videos are really great, and I'm not even into SW stuff, I am an accountant that had to learn SQL when working in cost. But your videos are rich in history and I love history in all its forms.
@jaimeortega494015 күн бұрын
Takes me back to my old days in Austin, Tx working at a software development company. At that time the company had made some pretty neat, small and fast software/browser-based emulators for the VAX, SYS 360, Unix/Linux and IBM 5250 Mini - all of them really including Amdahl and others from Europe. That was a lot of fun and I got to play with some of those mainframes and mini databases. They were remarkably fast and stable. It is amazing to me that SQL is still used to this day. A testament to its well thought out design. Who knows what the next innovation generation will bring? Perhaps something akin to using Quantum or other alternative systems with the only way I can put it, already connected so in a weird way "instant global connectivity and access to the data." Always enjoy your nostalgic content!
@Arock-pu9zv16 күн бұрын
I've watched a few of your videos. I have zero programming ability, but the history is fascinating. Looking forward to the future
@bluesquare2316 күн бұрын
Yes! This is exactly the video I was waiting for and you did not disappoint!
@wokeclub184410 күн бұрын
3:24 that pronunciation of Stonebraker got me rollin for days ngl
@wolcek16 күн бұрын
Can you send this movie, with the ACID part highlighted, to British Post Office and Fujitsu?
@DrewNorthup12 күн бұрын
Only if it comes with a side of mushrooms.
@wolcek12 күн бұрын
@@DrewNorthup are you trying to say they're not delusional enough?
@DrewNorthup12 күн бұрын
@@wolcek It might open their minds…
@wolcek11 күн бұрын
@@DrewNorthup assuming there is anything to open.
@P4RK3R1Z3D16 күн бұрын
I'm glad you're continuing with the history of SQL.
@PhillipHilton8 күн бұрын
Jon, you are fantastic. Thankyou for being the 'no nonsense historian' of our sector.
@HanCurunyr12 күн бұрын
as a DBA in SQL Server, that video is amazing, I also had the pleasure of briefly work with the IBM verson of Informix, in the Avaya CMS database, kinda different dialect of SQL, but pretty easy to use
@comed1an13 күн бұрын
I subscribed a minute into the video. never done that before. love the channel name too lol.
@brookrichardson137317 сағат бұрын
I worked on a product that used Sybase for the backend in the mid 2000's and quite enjoyed it. It was straightforward to setup and get running.
@Earth_Rim_Roamer16 күн бұрын
Cool! I'm watching at the moment. I hope I can do something useful one day like these guys. Thanks for sharing this story.
@GungaLaGunga14 күн бұрын
Your videos are superb. I thoroughly enjoy this channel. Excellent. Thank you.
@JakobsenTomКүн бұрын
Really like this story. Feels like I have been part. I started as DBA on mainframe network database - then was sysadmin on Unix with first version informix growing with two phase commit and SQL. I remember Stonebraker came to Informix . Anyway great memories - today we came so far with technology and this knowledge is as important as ever ❤
@AerialWaviator15 күн бұрын
The SEQUEL paper at 2:11 was published 50 years ago this week. A nice relational coincidence.
@non-human307216 күн бұрын
Hey bro, Awesome videos, I look forward to seeing them but I'm not sure what Google (KZbin) is playing at but I just had to resubscribe to your channel.
@w443916 күн бұрын
Fun fact - only 2 people maintain the tz timezone database that virtually every operating system queries to configure geos
@p07a15 күн бұрын
This is so arcane one day you might start doing history of containers and load balancers. Good job!
@ronalerquinigoagurto55516 күн бұрын
So important a channel explains history of technology
@EannaButler9 күн бұрын
Love the video, always love you channel, you're just brilliant! Only thing - it's not "seequel" - albeit it's original name - it's "SQL"...
@EannaButler9 күн бұрын
17:00 - Wait - you lived in Dublin?! 21:40 - "...like drunk rabbits, ..." - huh? 🙂
@EduardoEscarez16 күн бұрын
Really a great continuation of the previous video, and hoping for a good ending for this miniseries.
@ah24489516 күн бұрын
As a DBA, across DBASE, Oracle, IBM AS/400, I loved this video. Will probably watch it many times....
@rinelsays913016 күн бұрын
I never thought I would have to type by hand into the URL bar to access YT videos. LOL
@tndigi123316 күн бұрын
Best jokes ever - so far.. you had me laugh out loudly at least three times. What an achievement for a monday morning
@DJRanoia15 күн бұрын
The mean girls quote was a nice tough haha
@Zuranthus16 күн бұрын
the many blunders of IBM and Xerox are legendary
@AnnatarTheMaia16 күн бұрын
Brooks was the 360 project manager, not the designer of it, as far as I remember.
@allanlees29916 күн бұрын
It would have been worth going into much closer detail about Oracle's early days. Just like IBM, the VC community believed software existed as a give-away used to sell hardware, and nearly everyone turned Ellision down when he tried to raise VC funding. When he finally succeeded, he got the brainless oaf Don Valentine on his Board, and Valentine was famously addicted to his notion "you can never fire a startup CEO too fast" - which led Sequoia to destroy dozens of potentially world-beating companies early in their lifecycle. Somehow Ellison managed to avoid Valentine's destructive impulses long enough to reach the IPO. Then, at the $1 billion revenue mark, Oracle nearly detonated because of Ellision's very poor financial management. Plus, Ellision played some very dubious games with the stock, resulting in his co-founders becoming nowhere near as incredibly rich as he himself did. It's an interesting tale and shows that there's a lot more to success than technology and timing.
@venkateshjagadeeshwara62692 күн бұрын
Oracle was early implementers of Row level locking and that was one of the major trumpcard besides being available on all major systems
@bebokRZly16 күн бұрын
Episode ends like some TV series :D cliff hanger! I want more! :)
@AnnatarTheMaia16 күн бұрын
That projector joke is pretty good.
@coraltown115 күн бұрын
How a database maintains 'coherency' (data integrity) would be its own interesting topic. I imagine some form of 'lock' protocol is involved.
@bendafyddgillard16 күн бұрын
interesting how dedicated Oracle were (at the start anyway) to being compatible with Big Blue. That seems like a canny choice for an underdog. Double edged sword though if you accidentally become the industry leader.
@MrAdhito16 күн бұрын
6:30 LMAOO, Jon from now on you better sleep with one eye open 🤣
@Jisamaniac15 күн бұрын
That Boeing picture was gangster
@toyotagaz16 күн бұрын
The timing couldn't have been perfect I just started my Database course at uni on the same day of upload 😅
@ronaryel644516 күн бұрын
I read CJ Date's books when I learned SQL at UCLA. I used Microsoft SQL later at Massachusetts General Hospital to build a research registry for the neonatal ICU.
@snuscaboose194216 күн бұрын
You didn't use MUMPS (Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System) or it's diabolical derivative, M?
@ronaryel644515 күн бұрын
@@snuscaboose1942 No. HTML for the user interface, Cold Fusion 1.5 for the interface generator, and Microsoft SQL for the database itself. I could have used Javascript to make the menu mask prettier, but artistry is not one of my strengths.
@iraqigeek836316 күн бұрын
C.J. Date's book is how we learned databases in uni! I owe a big chunk of my career to what I learned from that book.
@SomeGuyInSandy16 күн бұрын
Brother, you sure know how to tell a story. Nice video!
@MotokoKaiousei16 күн бұрын
Nice Video. Thanks!
@OldieBugger16 күн бұрын
I have used every kind of databases in my career of computing. Every. The relational DB is by far the easiest to write software for, but also slowest of them all. Back in the day when the computers and their drives were veeeery slow, other types of databases were necessary. Today we can work with relational databases.
@OldieBugger16 күн бұрын
I never used SQL because the "relational" databases I was using was keyed with the realtime stamps and those were (practically) never in sync. Timestamps as double-precision real numbers, you have to interpolate something to match them, usually I interpolated the vessel position as we knew it travelled more or less in a straight line.
@stang980616 күн бұрын
Also cloud computing has led to the rise of more non relational databases as well
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt16 күн бұрын
@@OldieBuggerGeoInformation is also a problem for relational databases. GoogleMaps was one of the first apps to go to noSQL .
@ArneChristianRosenfeldt16 күн бұрын
@@stang9806how? AWS offers RDS. All my contacts with noSQL were on premises.
@snuscaboose194216 күн бұрын
With the right hardware, RDBMSs out pace other systems in high concurrency ACID compliant transaction processing, such as core banking, share trading, gaming (horses), lotteries etc... They are also great for CRMs.
@rafaelgadret13 күн бұрын
great video! thanks!
@boredandagitated13 күн бұрын
Informix’s Informer, is that what Snow was singing about
@hayer7016 күн бұрын
Will you be doing a video on Digital or DEC?
@ah24489516 күн бұрын
Might be my favorite of your videos.....
@ncastellani4 күн бұрын
was that lighthouse a reference to SHIELDs lighthouse at season 6?
@ViniciusSoaresBatista16 күн бұрын
Can’t wait for the next one.
@mattmurray76416 күн бұрын
Some might call the next one a SQL
@sd_pjwalКүн бұрын
I remember reading long ago that Sybase would not sell to Microsoft, so Microsoft instead hired all of their top talent. An act that kicked off the popularity of non-poaching clauses between companies and non-competes in employment contracts. We're seeing that come full circle as more and more rulings and legislation (especially in CA) are dismantling these practices.
@simonschneider591316 күн бұрын
always so interesting to see how defence-money gets things going. lots of dots to connect between tech and the darker side of gorvernment.
@louwrentius15 күн бұрын
This is true for the existence of Silicon Valley 😢 and obviously World War II
@simonschneider591315 күн бұрын
@@louwrentius and for musk and zuck as well..and google, and bezos of course..all seed-funded by the usual suspects..and getting big fat contracts for DOD and the dozens of other services...
@SilviasBrainery10 күн бұрын
Yes we women do love databases!!!
@AntneeUK10 күн бұрын
I was confused by the image of the Sybase office. Didn't look anything like Dublin. Then I Googled it and realised it was Dublin in California, not Ireland! 😂
@gus47316 күн бұрын
20:59 Alex. Brown & Sons! Have to say I do miss the niche bankers like them, H&Q, even Adams, Harkness & Hill. At the time the financial side was more relational too (for better or worse). Seems less so now.
@tjeanneret14 күн бұрын
I remembre building an early version of Oracle on a Taiwanese AT-class compatible PC, back in the 80... It tooked some 20 floppy disks, at least ! But the product was running, complete. All on a 640KBytes RAM (I had to check !) machine. Waouh !
@user-ik5dp6qi9y14 күн бұрын
Asianometry coul you make a video about a company or economic sector of mexico? There is not as good of economic evolution analisis as yours out there.
@CaptainDangeax15 күн бұрын
Just waiting for episode 2, about the clash, sql everywhere and smaller players like mysql postgres and nosql models
@qwertyazerty213716 күн бұрын
Shoutout to Sybase ASE dba!
@davidfrischknecht826116 күн бұрын
Of course you used the picture of the plane with the blown-out door plug for Boeing.
@dcchillin468716 күн бұрын
Perfect ellison picture
@mercster16 күн бұрын
I spent my career as a UNIX systems engineer, but at some point, I realized... I shoulda been a DBA. "Money for nothin' and your chicks are free." Thanks for the video.
@mercster16 күн бұрын
Man, I had this crazy Mandela effect going on, I thought Larry Ellison died a few years ago. Glad he's still kicking, doing coke and banging hot chicks.
@brodriguez1100016 күн бұрын
DB Migrations is where the fun is at.
@davetelekom44311 күн бұрын
Proper credit to Ellison who went full in his vision
@joezeigler106416 күн бұрын
The history of scientific & mathematical advances yields an understanding of today and how we got here. Thank you for your educational efforts.
@roc78803 күн бұрын
please do a course on Coursera or Patreon on anything you find interesting, especially on the actual history of technology, I would pay for it. alternatively, write a book.
@eoghancronin273612 күн бұрын
I still use IMS today!
@shjonescrk7 күн бұрын
The great thing about SQL is that it is really easy to learn. The bad thing about SQL is that it is really easy to learn.
@cerad730416 күн бұрын
Sort of hoping that dBase III would have gotten a mention. It had tables.
@Klatchan16 күн бұрын
Yo I live in Maine, I should look into that shit.
@cancatcannothaz14 күн бұрын
6:30 noice, depection of Boeing 👏🏿
@raylopez9916 күн бұрын
Didn't Asianometry already do SQL a few weeks ago? For those SELECT few who read this, I say: AS FROM WHERE Asianometry got the idea to do another video on SQL, I'm not HAVING it. AND BETWEEN you and me, Asiometry, you can DELETE this post. But I LIKE and subscribe to your channel.
@LatitudeSky16 күн бұрын
Feel so old. Many moons ago, I had to deal with dBase on occasion. Still remember quit with 1 being the solution for everything in that company.
@TheBlackBuddha1716 күн бұрын
WE LOVE YOU ASIANOMETRY!!!!!YOURE THE BEST
@Charles-Darwin7 күн бұрын
Does anyone else smirk when you see a 'minicomputer' of yesteryear?