Terri (7/24/2009)

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What I don't like about Kindle books is that I cannot share them. I cannot lend them to another Kindle owner. Also, I cannot give (or...

I'm constantly reading books from fiction, sci-fi, non-fiction, technical, etc. I haven't even bothered to count the number of books but I'm sure it's somewhere around 50-75 a year.

I...

I certainly have. I find myself not wasting time on chasing the latest fad and trying...

Though I am approaching my mid-century mark, I can't say that my best days are behind me. In my younger days, I was quick to learn whatever new skill...

OMG!! It's the beginnings of Skynet! :hehe:

nits.shrivastava2006 (5/6/2009)

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Hi All, I got null value for the below statement

set @val = null but for the below statement

select @val = (select...

You have to reset the variable to -1 before each test. See the...

Check out the code that I posted last week and compare it...

If only it were that easy!! I deal with data all the...

Charles Kincaid (4/13/2009)

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110 baud? Yep, that IS high speed. 8-level too. My first word processor was a teletype with a reader and punch. Editing was a...

Jeff Moden (4/13/2009)

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Charles Kincaid (4/13/2009)

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Speaking of boards, one of the ones I kept hidden away was one that would dup a stack of cards and punch sequential numbers into the...

Jeff Moden (4/13/2009)

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Heh... I'm just glad I'm not the only old fart on this site. My first "program" was on unit record equipment that used a "peg board" module...

Charles Kincaid (4/9/2009)

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COBOL is "Common Business Oriented Language" while APL is "A Programming Language". Admiral Hopper had a hand in both. COBOL was intended to solve business problems...

Now, THAT'S what I'm talking about! The use of brackets, though optional, is one of the rules of...

Jeff Moden (4/6/2009)

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The "good enough" attitude in the face of schedule pressures is the frequent cause of unneccessary rule of thumb violations. My answer to such violations is "prove...