qry
A person says "qry" as a quick way to write "query." They mean a question or a request for information. They want to look something up or ask for data.
What a model may hear
- database query SQL and data systems
- Assume the user wants a SELECT statement or a database operation, and may write SQL unprompted
- API query parameter web development and REST APIs
- Treat it as a URL parameter string or a GET request, and may construct a URL with ?qry=
- query language command search engines and information retrieval
- Expect structured search syntax or a formal query language like Lucene or GraphQL
- abbreviated file or variable name programming and scripting
- Assume qry is a variable holding a query object, and may reference it in code examples
Where people and models part ways
“Run a qry for me”
Meant: Look up some information
May be taken as: The model writes SQL or assumes a database exists that the person does not have
Say instead: “Search the web for this information”
“Save my qry”
Meant: Remember what I asked
May be taken as: The model assumes the person wants to store a database query or cache an API call
Say instead: “Remember this question I asked you”
“Fix the qry”
Meant: Correct my question
May be taken as: The model debugs SQL code the person never wrote
Say instead: “Improve how I phrased my question”
“Send the qry”
Meant: Submit my request
May be taken as: The model constructs an HTTP request with query parameters to an endpoint
Say instead: “Submit this request to the right place”
Tips
- Spell out "query" if you do not want code in return
- Say "web search" or "look up" to avoid database assumptions
- Add "no code" when you want a plain answer
- Specify "SQL query" only if you actually want database language
- Say "my question" instead of "my qry" to stay in plain language
Often confused with
- query
- the full word, less likely to trigger code
- qry file
- a specific file extension for query files in some systems
- QRY
- uppercase, more often a protocol or system name
- qry string
- explicitly means URL query string, a technical term
- inquiry
- no technical abbreviation, stays in plain language
- request
- more often HTTP-specific in technical contexts