5-bit punched tape

edit: I used both 5-bit an 8-bit in the distant past; can't remember whether Orion II used 6-bit or 8-bit, so may have used 6-bit too...

crussell-931424 (8/25/2014)

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What's the compelling reason to use a subset of data? If it is no big deal to copy a recent backup into a test area, why not just do...

Is this what you want?

if ((select max(ID) from table1)=(select max(ID) from table2)) exec xp_cmdshell c#program ;

4?? Surely 2 ? 4 would have...

Evil Kraig F (8/25/2014)

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Oh, he's been around a while. He stopped at one point. I'd hoped they'd shut his...

Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)

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PDP (Programmable Data Processor)

CELKO (8/19/2014)

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>> Say there's a table with these records: <<

You missed every fundamental concept you need here. Rows are not records. Your narrative (we post DDL instead) is useless; it...

If you want code working and out of the door quickly, there's only one way to do it: first spend enough effort understanding requirements and usability issues, if possible discussing...

So do I 🙂

Jeff Moden (8/24/2014)

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I absolutely agree that they'd better be able to pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat on schema design to enable high performance code to be written...

Eirikur Eiriksson (8/24/2014)

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TomThomson (8/24/2014)

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up to there I agree with you 100%

because, and with absolutely no malice...

I get verbose when I'm in pedantic :alien: mode, and poor wording in QotD...

up to there I agree with you 100%

because, and with absolutely no malice in my heart,...

One of those awkward questions that requires a guess as to what the question's author meant. And getting that guess right is far more difficult than the technical...

Interesting. If he actually said...