“A SQL query walks into a bar…” (bar joke)

“A guy walks into a bar…” is a typical form of what has been called the “bar joke.” There are several jokes involving SQL (Structured Query Language), pronounced “sequel” or by the letters “ess-que-el” by some. The jokes involve “tables” at a bar or at a restaurant.
 
“A SQL query goes to a restaurant, walks up to 2 tables and says ‘Can I join you’?” was posted on DevTopics on May 9, 2008. “A SQL query goes to a restaurant, walks up to 2 tables and says ‘Can I join you’?” was posted on Alessandro Lacava‘s blog on May 9, 2008. “Possibly the worst tech joke ever ! A SQL query goes to a restaurant, walks up to 2 tables and says ‘Can I join you’?” was posted on Twitter by Shaf Ali on May 12, 2008. “A SQL query goes to a restaurant, walks up to 2 tables and says ‘Can I join you?’?” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on January 28, 2021.
 
“Retweeting @ramayac: A SQL query goes into a bar, wanders up to 2 tables and says ‘can i join you’” was posted on Twitter by Jeff Rush on September 10, 2008. “A SQL Query walks into a bar and goes up to two tables. ‘Mind if I join you?’” was posted on Twitter by Chris #BlackLivesMatter on September 17, 2008. “An SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and says, ‘Can I join you?’” was posted on Reddit—Funny on February 5, 2009. “A SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables. He walks up to them and says ‘Can I join you?’” was posted on Reddit—Programming on February 5, 2009.
 
“An SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and says, ‘Can I join you?’” was posted on Twitter by Nathan O on November 25, 2008. “Stupid SQL joke just passed to me: An SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and says, ‘Can I join you?’” was posted on Twitter by Adam later on November 25, 2008. “An SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and says, ‘Can I join you?’” was posted on Reddit—Funny on February 5, 2009. “An SQL query walks into a bar. He goes up to two tables and says, ‘Can I JOIN you?’” was posted on Reddit—Mysql on May 25, 2013.
 
“RT @mattmattmatty An SQL query goes into a restaurant, walks up to two tables and says ‘can I join you?’ #dumbjoke #imsosorry” was posted on Twitter by My Public Timeline on October 13, 2009. “An SQL query walks into a restaurant with a dozen friends. Waiter asks: Should I join 2 tables sir? Query: No thanks,That’s my job! #fb” was posted on Twitter by Tejas H S on July 26, 2011. “An SQL Query walks into a restaurant, goes up to 2 tables and says ‘Can I join you?’ #geekjokes” was posted on Twitter by Ricki Larkin on May 31, 2012.
   
   
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, i.e. data incorporating relations among entities and variables.
           
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Jaymz Says:
May 9th, 2008 at 3:25 am
A SQL query goes to a restaurant, walks up to 2 tables and says “Can I join you”?
 
Alessandro Lacava
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A SQL query goes to a restaurant, walks up to 2 tables and says “Can I join you”?
   
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Shaf Ali
@shaf
Possibly the worst tech joke ever ! A SQL query goes to a restaurant, walks up to 2 tables and says “Can I join you”?
10:18 AM · May 12, 2008·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Mariela
@aquarium
“A SQL query goes to a restaurant, walks up to 2 tables and says “Can I join you”?” via
@optimiced (en) http://tinyurl.com/6ouyjo
1:48 PM · May 21, 2008·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Jeff Rush
@jeffrush
Retweeting @ramayac: A SQL query goes into a bar, wanders up to 2 tables and says “can i join you”.
3:57 PM · Sep 10, 2008·Twitter Web Client
     
Twitter
Chris #BlackLivesMatter
@inxilpro
Hah: “A SQL Query walks into a bar and goes up to two tables. ‘Mind if I join you?’”
9:32 AM · Sep 17, 2008·Twitter Web Client
         
Twitter
Nathan O
@preds
An SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and says, “Can I join you?”
12:19 AM · Nov 25, 2008·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Adam
@djthread
Stupid SQL joke just passed to me: An SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and says, “Can I join you?”
10:54 AM · Nov 25, 2008·Twitter Web Client
 
Reddit—Funny
Posted by u/Maddog_Delphi97 February 5, 2009
An SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and says, “Can I join you?”
 
Reddit—Programming
Posted by u/zoomzoom83 February 5, 2009
A SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables. He walks up to them and says ‘Can I join you?’
         
Google Groups: comp.databases.theory
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Roy Hann
Jun 10, 2009, 11:35:28 AM
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I didn’t see the first joke so stop me if you’ve heard this one.
 
An SQL query goes into a bar and sees two tables in the corner. So it goes over and says, “Mind if I join you?”
 
Twitter
Joe Webb
@joewebb
told the “A SQL query walks into a restaurant…” joke during my Lunch & Learn session yesterday. Got only stares. Got to work on delivery.
8:37 AM · Jul 14, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
ꜱɪᴍᴏɴ ᴄᴏᴜꜱɪɴꜱ.
@simon_cousins
A SQL query walks into a restaurant and says to two tables “mind if I join you?” (via BBG)
8:50 PM · Jul 15, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
My Public Timeline
@tamed_public_tl
RT @mattmattmatty An SQL query goes into a restaurant, walks up to two tables and says ‘can I join you?’ #dumbjoke #imsosorry
4:12 AM · Oct 13, 2009·Twitter Web Client
 
Reddit—Programming
Posted by u/bananatalk April 12, 2010
A SQL query walks into a bar. He approaches two tables and says, Mind if I join you?
   
Reddit—Programming
Posted by u/grandeandy October 13, 2010
A SQL statement walks into a bar…goes up to two tables and asks “Can I join you?”
     
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/nzeeshan November 27, 2010
“A SQL query walks into a bar.
“A SQL query walks into a bar. He approaches two tables and says, Mind if I join you?” 
   
Twitter
Tejas H S
@tejas_hs
An SQL query walks into a restaurant with a dozen friends. Waiter asks: Should I join 2 tables sir?
Query: No thanks,That’s my job! #fb
9:22 AM · Jul 26, 2011·Echofon
   
Twitter
Ricki Larkin
@Triickii
An SQL Query walks into a restaurant, goes up to 2 tables and says “Can I join you?” #geekjokes
7:48 AM · May 31, 2012·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/anotherDocObVious December 3, 2012
A geeky joke: An SQL Query walks into a bar…
... and joins two tables.
   
Reddit—Mysql
Posted by u/mrivorey May 25, 2013
An SQL query walks into a bar…
An SQL query walks into a bar. He goes up to two tables and says, “Can I JOIN you?”
 
Reddit—ProgrammingJokes
Posted by u/Enum1 May 26, 2013
A SQL query in a bar…
A SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and asks, “Can I join you?”
BADUM TSS!
     
Reddit—Tablejokes
Posted by u/Amnestic October 26, 2013
“A SQL query walks into a bar. He sees two tables, walks over and asks…May I join you?
     
Reddit—Funny
Posted by u/devanteswiing November 29, 2013
A SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and asks…
“Can I join you?”
     
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Banks618 August 25, 2014
A SQL statement walks into a bar…
he confidently walks up to a couple of tables and says, “May I join you?”.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/tender_breasts December 31, 2014
A SQL Query walks into a bar
It Drops by a Group of Tables and asks, “can I Join you?”
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Junglesweat69 February 21, 2015
A SQL Query Glides Into A Bar, In The Corner Of Said Bar Were Two Tables. SQL Query Glides Over To Said Tables and asks, May I Join You.
   
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Caminsky May 15, 2015
An SQL query walks into a bar ...
Walks up to two tables and says:
“CAN I JOIN YOU?”;
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/TheOrigamiGamer16 April 6, 2017
A SQL Query
Walks into a bar, walks up to two tables and asks, “can I join you”?
     
Reddit—ProgrammerDadJokes
Posted by u/clickclickonsal June 18, 2017
Two sql developers walk into a bar & then walk straight out…
Because there were no tables they could join
   
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Yangy August 7, 2017
An SQL query walks into a bar
Walks into a bar
, walks up to two tables and asks; “May I join you?” 
 
Reddit—ProgrammerHumor
Posted by u/Neoguy396 September 30, 2017
A SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables.
He walks upto them and asks ” Can I join you? “
       
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/dennyitlo February 23, 2018
An SQL statement walks into a bar and sees two tables.
It approaches, and asks “may I join you?”
   
Twitter
Francesco Cesarini
@FrancescoC
An SQL query walks into a bar and sees two tables. It walks up to them and says ”May I join you?”
5:29 AM · Jul 4, 2018·Twitter Web Client
 
Reddit—ProgrammerDadJokes
Posted by u/KentoNishi October 14, 2018
2 SQL Queries walk into a bar.
They immediately walk out, because they couldn’t find a table.
     
Reddit—ProgrammerDadJokes
Posted by u/KentoNishi October 15, 2018
Part 2: 2 SQL queries walk into a bar.
Looks like you all wanted a sequel.
 
Twitter
mclinuxmaxe
@mclinuxmaxe
An SQL query walks into a bar, sees two tables, and says, “Can I join you?” #sql #mysql #postgresql #joke #webcomic #comic #code #coding #codes
6:12 PM · Aug 19, 2019·Twitter Web App
   
Twitter
Josh
@JoshDirkson
A SQL query walks into a restaurant, approaches two tables and says, “Can I join you?”
11:19 AM · Dec 18, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/manantyagi25 January 28, 2021
A SQL query goes to a restaurant, walks up to 2 tables and says
“Can I join you?”?
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/thendof March 21, 2021
A SQL query goes to the bar, walks up to two tables
“Can I join you?”