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Re: DBA Hacks Book

From: Nuno Souto <dbvision_at_optusnet.com.au>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 00:24:34 +1000
Message-ID: <40D2FB22.5040804@optusnet.com.au>


jtesta_at_dmc-it.com apparently said,on my timestamp of 18/06/2004 11:37 PM:
> AHHHH MY EYES ARE BURNING, THE GOTO STATEMENT
> This concludes the irregulary scheduled freak-out.
> joe
> original message below

>>Sometimes you just can't convince some people that an ALTER statement

>
> (not alter table... ALTER GOTO in COBOL) isn't really a good thing any
>

>>more.
>

Hehehe! The Cobol programmer's worse nightmare: the variable GOTO, courtesy of ALTER. Guaranteed MONSTER migraine!

-- 
Cheers
Nuno Souto
in sunny Sydney, Australia
dbvision_at_optusnet.com.au
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