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Feb 272012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 21:46  Tagged with: blocking, illness, select

Unnecessary date converisons

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Feb 132012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 07:36  Tagged with: date conversion, select

The learning process

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Jan 272012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 19:20  Tagged with: mistakes, select

Surely it should be singular?

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Jan 252012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 20:36  Tagged with: dual

Fast = true?

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Jan 062012
 

 Posted by Chris Saxon at 17:34  Tagged with: performance, select

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