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RBarryYoung SSC Guru Points: 143329 More actions · Answer 1

Jack Corbett (6/28/2009)
GilaMonster (6/28/2009)
Lynn Pettis (6/27/2009)
Okay, you were between 6 and 10 when I learned that in University. Not exactly when or which school I was in when I had my first database class.
😀
You're the first person I know (outside of my 2nd year CS class) that also knew that mnemonic.
I've heard it before, but probably wouldn't have quoted it. I think I heard Celko say it a seminar, but I'm not sure.

The tongue-in-cheek version that I learned (looong ago) was "The key, the whole key and nothing but the key, so help me Codd." which of course is a play on the oath that a witness has to take before they testify in court (in the US anyway, do other countries use this also?).

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 2

RBarryYoung (6/28/2009)
Jack Corbett (6/28/2009)
GilaMonster (6/28/2009)
Lynn Pettis (6/27/2009)
Okay, you were between 6 and 10 when I learned that in University. Not exactly when or which school I was in when I had my first database class.
😀
You're the first person I know (outside of my 2nd year CS class) that also knew that mnemonic.
I've heard it before, but probably wouldn't have quoted it. I think I heard Celko say it a seminar, but I'm not sure.
The tongue-in-cheek version that I learned (looong ago) was "The key, the whole key and nothing but the key, so help me Codd." which of course is a play on the oath that a witness has to take before they testify in court (in the US anyway, do other countries use this also?).

Yea, that's how I actually learned it. I just left that last part off.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 3

RBarryYoung (6/28/2009)
Jack Corbett (6/28/2009)
GilaMonster (6/28/2009)
Lynn Pettis (6/27/2009)
Okay, you were between 6 and 10 when I learned that in University. Not exactly when or which school I was in when I had my first database class.
😀
You're the first person I know (outside of my 2nd year CS class) that also knew that mnemonic.
I've heard it before, but probably wouldn't have quoted it. I think I heard Celko say it a seminar, but I'm not sure.
The tongue-in-cheek version that I learned (looong ago) was "The key, the whole key and nothing but the key, so help me Codd." which of course is a play on the oath that a witness has to take before they testify in court (in the US anyway, do other countries use this also?).

I've got that posted on my cube at work. No one finds it amusing except me. I'm not sure why.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

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Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

Grant Fritchey (6/28/2009)
RBarryYoung (6/28/2009)
Jack Corbett (6/28/2009)
GilaMonster (6/28/2009)
Lynn Pettis (6/27/2009)
Okay, you were between 6 and 10 when I learned that in University. Not exactly when or which school I was in when I had my first database class.
😀
You're the first person I know (outside of my 2nd year CS class) that also knew that mnemonic.
I've heard it before, but probably wouldn't have quoted it. I think I heard Celko say it a seminar, but I'm not sure.
The tongue-in-cheek version that I learned (looong ago) was "The key, the whole key and nothing but the key, so help me Codd." which of course is a play on the oath that a witness has to take before they testify in court (in the US anyway, do other countries use this also?).
I've got that posted on my cube at work. No one finds it amusing except me. I'm not sure why.

Okay Gail, now you know four people! 😉

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 5

Grant Fritchey (6/28/2009)
I've got that posted on my cube at work.

You have a proper Dilbert-style cube? :w00t:

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LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 6

Referring to the original purpose of The Thread:

Any consultant around ready for some charity work?

Lutz
A pessimist is an optimist with experience.

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 7

lmu92 (6/29/2009)
Referring to the original purpose of The Thread:
Any consultant around ready for some charity work?

This one is perfect for Wayne 😀

-- Gianluca Sartori

spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 8

Gianluca Sartori (6/29/2009)
lmu92 (6/29/2009)
Referring to the original purpose of The Thread:
Any consultant around ready for some charity work?
This one is perfect for Wayne 😀

By the way, I still need somebody to cut my grass!!

It keeps on raining during the weekend...

I offer 5 dollars!

-- Gianluca Sartori

LutzM SSC Guru Points: 107049 More actions · Answer 9

Gianluca Sartori (6/29/2009)
By the way, I still need somebody to cut my grass!!
It keeps on raining during the weekend...
I offer 5 dollars!

I'll do it, assuming you're covering travel and accommodation costs as well. 😀

Lutz
A pessimist is an optimist with experience.

How to get fast answers to your question[/url]
How to post performance related questions[/url]
Links for Tally Table [/url] , Cross Tabs [/url] and Dynamic Cross Tabs [/url], Delimited Split Function[/url]

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 10

Paul White (6/28/2009)
Grant Fritchey (6/28/2009)
I've got that posted on my cube at work.
You have a proper Dilbert-style cube? :w00t:

I'm not sure I'd call it proper since I occupy it, but, oh yeah, it's completely a Dilbert style cube. I work for an insurance company.

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- Theodore Roosevelt

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spaghettidba SSC Guru Points: 105732 More actions · Answer 11

lmu92 (6/29/2009)
I'll do it, assuming you're covering travel and accommodation costs as well. 😀

I'm still offering 5 dollars, better than nothing.

Anyway better than "I want (you) to cut my grass"!!:-P

-- Gianluca Sartori

Paul White SSC Guru Points: 150467 More actions · Answer 12

Grant Fritchey (6/29/2009)
I'm not sure I'd call it proper since I occupy it, but, oh yeah, it's completely a Dilbert style cube. I work for an insurance company.

Well in case it wasn't clear before - I'm jealous.

I've never had a proper cube 🙁

Open plan offices - bah.

Paul White
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SQLkiwi blog
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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 13

Paul White (6/29/2009)
Grant Fritchey (6/29/2009)
I'm not sure I'd call it proper since I occupy it, but, oh yeah, it's completely a Dilbert style cube. I work for an insurance company.
Well in case it wasn't clear before - I'm jealous.
I've never had a proper cube 🙁
Open plan offices - bah.

I kind of like the open office too. But really, best of all would be four walls, one with a window and one with a door so I could wall off the planet when I'm in the mood.

BTW, below my Codd Oath, the other saying I have posted, again, no one appreciates:

The Rules: They may be stupid, arbitrary and irritating, but god help you if you break them.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 14

GilaMonster (6/28/2009)
Lynn Pettis (6/27/2009)
Okay, you were between 6 and 10 when I learned that in University. Not exactly when or which school I was in when I had my first database class.
😀
You're the first person I know (outside of my 2nd year CS class) that also knew that mnemonic.

I know the mnemonic, can quote it and all that. So I guess you know at least two.

What I think is funny is the people who think that "normalizing" is replacing all the data with ID FKs to other tables. Like, instead of having a person's name in a Customers table, you'd have columns like, "FirstNameID", "LastNameID", and joins to a Names table. I've actually had someone tell me that that's 3NF. Same guy said that datetime being replaced with "DateID" and "TimeID" was 5NF.

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GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 15

Paul White (6/28/2009)
Grant Fritchey (6/28/2009)
I've got that posted on my cube at work.
You have a proper Dilbert-style cube? :w00t:

So do I.

I have a Dilbert strip, the XKCD about Little Bobby Tables (search that if you don't know it, required reading for DBAs), a picture of Darth Vader with "I find your lack of indexes disturbing" as the tag line (got that one from Grant), a list from one of Phil's posts on Simple Talk, and a quote from Gail, all pinned up on the "wall".

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