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Steve, thanks for the chuckle this morning when I saw your post. Reflecting on the 'pros' and 'cons' of my years, I can say I knew a few of both!
March 11, 2022 at 1:29 pm
My most embarrassing data scrubbing mistake occurred years ago when working at a food distributor. Our first automated system was order entry where union CRT operators entered several hundred orders...
March 4, 2022 at 12:52 pm
Somebody please clarify this for me. From a quick search it sounds as if CHAR datatypes are actually allocated space to the length of the element, whether filled or not. ...
February 14, 2022 at 5:40 pm
I remember those days but that's actually a really bad example for system of today. Anyone that actually stores dates as a CHAR() in their normal database tables needs...
February 13, 2022 at 6:06 pm
Rick, please tell me that you're not advocating a "panacea length" for VARCHAR(N) where "N" is something like 256. Please tell me you're not advocating the NUMERIC(18,N) should be...
February 13, 2022 at 4:15 pm
Rick, please tell me that you're not advocating a "panacea length" for VARCHAR(N) where "N" is something like 256. Please tell me you're not advocating the NUMERIC(18,N) should be...
February 13, 2022 at 4:18 am
Ok, here's my take from my years of design and working with data systems. Many of you have talked about working with data of a 'fixed' length that suddenly changes...
February 12, 2022 at 9:40 pm
Have any of you realized that the four-digit year is only good for another 7977 years? Better get ready.
February 11, 2022 at 4:42 pm
'How so? Especially when it comes to single byte stuff that even you know will never change?"
As soon as you know it will never change - it DOES.
February 11, 2022 at 4:26 pm
Thought crosses my mind that maybe the use of CHAR data is a good way to have to revisit the Y2K days.
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February 11, 2022 at 4:19 pm
Caruncles wrote:CHAR has bitten me numerous times...
How so? Especially when it comes to single byte stuff that even you know will never change?
I'd' say it's time to stop going...
February 11, 2022 at 3:11 pm
Just got a good laugh at the end of this conversation. Saw the following line. Is this a limitation of a CHAR data element?
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February 11, 2022 at 2:59 pm
Thought crosses my mind that maybe the use of CHAR data is a good way to have to revisit the Y2K days.
February 11, 2022 at 2:33 pm
Steve, your post today about CHAR reminded me of a recent dream, not sure it was really memory, of my early IT days, maybe about 19971, at First National Bank...
February 11, 2022 at 2:08 pm
Jeff, that's a good reminder about using an external keyboard. The reminder being that I have a box of at least a half dozen in storage that date from when...
February 9, 2022 at 5:58 pm
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