If I remember correctly is this not how sequence generators in Oracle work?

Sincerity: Once you learn to fake that, the rest is easy. 😛

The other one I like is "I hate hate".

Bob: "I love ice cream. I really do."

Mom: "If...

The pause is that tiny moment of time between the face turning red and the yelling and slapping starts. Gives you time to duck. :w00t:

For guys it's that period...

The best way to manage people is to do it in such a way that they don't know they are being managed. 😉

I've been a "brainer" almost all the time. I've done a lot of stuff alongside. Been doing the development thing for over 3 decades. Best days: ...

Remember: You are only as old as who you feel. :w00t:

I'm becoming more disabled as time goes on. Fingers crushed in and industrial accident, failing eye-sight, encroaching neuropathy. I've picked up some tips that have helped me keep...

That was sort of my point. They all return the same thing. UNION takes out the duplicate rows. The answers pertain more to UNION than to...

I was not surprised by all the date manipulations.. What was surprising is that this question is really about UNION. :blink: It took me back noting that...

Bruce, nice to see somebody using a CTE. wavesmash asked about selecting against Barry's script. I would wrap it in a CTE.

Barry: Nice script. I'm adding it to my cache as well.

Ah now you are going to get me started on the "works" of the Rev. Dr. Spooner. That wonderful person from whom is taken the inspiration of the Spoonerism....

jay holovacs (4/23/2009)

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[BTW am I the only person who HATES laptop touch pads? They slow me down enormously, and are very fatiguing. I can't imagine doing any serious work with...

I do a lot of DC work. I prefer ADC whenever possible. Take, for example, a fuel delivery person. I know which fueling station is being serviced...

Not only is the hand of the marketplace more visible, it has one particular finger raised. :w00t: