SQL Server 2000 was deployed with English Query. At that time, I was young and new to SQL so I skipped that chapter. Now after years, there is again an idea of making a logical program which can understand simple user questions.
Is there any alternative to that? Where is English Query now?
As previous posts mentioned, Microsoft discontinued English Query.
You can check out Kueri.me
This product provides technology which powers a search-box which converts English to SQL, and it supports SQLServer as backend.
It recognizes various filters, groupings, and other analytics elements, so it can answer questions like
and so on. You do have to configure the system to recognize your tables, fields and jargon.
Note : I work at kueri.me