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There are scripting extensions to SQL that definitely are. There are some features in some SQL servers that make it Turing Complete even without scripting stuff.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/900055/is-sql-or-even-tsql-turing-complete
Like HTML5+CSS3 being Turning Complete, it's easy to add features that accidentally make you hit the threshold. Many would argue that it's a sign complexity has run away from you, and I tend to agree.
I fully support promoting CSS to be Turing complete if I never have to touch JS for the UI elements ever again.