query

question, demande de renseignements

Question posée pour obtenir des informations ou une explication.

En anglais simple : A question you ask because you want information or need something explained.

• Please answer my query.
• She had a query about the bill.
• Our staff handle hundreds of queries every day.

Comment l'utiliser : query about something (Please email us with any query about your booking.)

Synonymes : question, inquiry

Expressions courantes : customer query, answer a query, query about something

requête

Instructions envoyées à une base de données pour trouver des informations ou effectuer une opération.

En anglais simple : Instructions sent to a computer database to find information or perform a task.

• This query finds all unpaid orders.
• The database returned no results for my query.
• Several queries failed because the server was busy.

Expressions courantes : database query, run a query, query results

demander, interroger

Poser une question à quelqu’un ou demander des informations sur quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To ask someone a question or ask for information about something.

• He queried the date of the meeting.
• The officer queried me about my journey.
• She queried whether we needed more chairs.

Comment l'utiliser : query someone about something (The reporter queried the manager about the delay.); query whether… (She queried whether another room was available.)

Synonymes : ask, question, inquire

Expressions courantes : query someone, query someone about something, query politely

interroger

Envoyer des instructions à une base de données pour en obtenir des informations.

En anglais simple : To send instructions to a computer database to get information from it.

• You can query the database directly.
• The software queried every table for missing records.
• How often does this app query the server?

Comment l'utiliser : query something for something (The program queries the database for matching addresses.)

Synonymes : search

Expressions courantes : query a database, query the server, query for something