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Irrational numbers

 General nonsense  2 Responses »
Jun 292012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 09:00  Tagged with: irrationality, select, women

Adding capacity

 General nonsense  2 Responses »
Jun 272012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 09:00  Tagged with: alter tablespace, memory enhancement, unlimited

The gapless sequence fallacy

 Bad practices  No Responses »
Jun 252012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 09:00  Tagged with: nocache, performance, sequence, unmet requirements

KISS

 General nonsense  2 Responses »
Jun 222012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 08:00  Tagged with: kiss, select, simplicity

The Dunning-Kruger effect

 Mental shortcuts  No Responses »
Jun 202012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 08:00  Tagged with: dunning kruger, mental failing, select

Flashback

 General nonsense, Life  2 Responses »
Jun 182012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 08:00  Tagged with: flashback, identifying changes, select, set difference

Some things will never be understood

 General nonsense  No Responses »
Jun 152012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 09:00  Tagged with: differences, men, women

Partitioning failures

 Bad practices  No Responses »
Jun 132012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 09:00  Tagged with: bad design, create table, partitions

Robust variable declarations

 Good practices  No Responses »
Jun 112012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 09:00  Tagged with: create procedure, robust code, variable types

Foreign key relations

 Life  No Responses »
Jun 082012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 12:00  Tagged with: Anglo-French relationships, foreign key, marriage
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