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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    rodjkidd - Tuesday, May 9, 2017 2:22 AM

    drew.allen - Monday, May 8, 2017 11:18 AM


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Lynn Pettis - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 3:36 PM

    Could be, but if it is, why doesn't he/they answer questions here?

    I'd say this...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    jasona.work - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 1:16 PM

    Brandie Tarvin - Wednesday, May 3, 2017 11:48 AM


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Does this work in R?

    I'm curious about 42 because the only number I can see is 24.  I got it wrong I was wondering what the catch was.


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sean Lange - Tuesday, April 25, 2017 7:04 AM

    rodjkidd - Tuesday, April 25, 2017 1:37 AM


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Sean Lange - Monday, April 24, 2017 11:01 AM

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    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brandie Tarvin - Monday, April 24, 2017 4:32 AM

    GilaMonster - Monday, April 24, 2017 2:50 AM


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Window Functions for Row Number

    Igor Micev - Friday, April 21, 2017 1:59 AM

    Stewart "Arturius" Campbell - Thursday, April 20, 2017 11:10...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: how to update gender = M or F in a table that has gender values as null

    SQLRNNR - Friday, April 21, 2017 1:04 AM

    Personally, I believe each of those images should be redacted. The data looks to be...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    BrainDonor - Wednesday, April 12, 2017 6:08 AM

    GilaMonster - Wednesday, April 12, 2017 5:53 AM


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: By Design

    GeorgeCopeland - Sunday, April 9, 2017 7:49 PM

    Um, no. Do it right the first time.

    That raises the question of 'what is right'...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: What do you do to relax after work?

    It's cooking and running for me.  Oddly, I find the more I cook, the more I have to run.


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: How to join these tables together

    The assumption I've made is that HRID represents a Student OR an Employee. The employees represent the teaching staff, cleaners and caterers etc and the students are the actual pupils...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Join two tables that do not have matching keys

    I see. It's logical that a function on the right of an ON (which is what I meant when I said WHERE clause above) won't affect SARGability.

    It certainly...


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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  • RE: Join two tables that do not have matching keys

    ChrisM@Work - Wednesday, March 22, 2017 6:25 AM

    SELECT


    On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
    —Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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