ezlikesundaymorning (5/14/2008)
OK, just plain and simple, I am going to give my 2 cents worth here. This question is pure BS. I mean has anyone here ever seen a query written like this? In my house(place of business) the person who tried to get this through me, would be ridiculed beyond belief. I mean really, did I get the question wrong, yep. Did I also think that the question was misleading, yep. Do I know a developer that would try to get this past me, nope. Lets get some real questions in here. First off I do not even let anyone write in ANSI 89 SQL. Plain and simple it is my way or the highway.
Scott,
This is one of the points about the QOD, to show that while something may compile and run, it is not the best way to do it or do what was expected.
Glad to know you have standards, but unfortunately not everyone has the same standards so someone may encounter this scenario in real life and may now know how to remedy it.
Jack Corbett
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