Re: A proper FAQ - Wish fulfillment

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 09:51:23 +1100
Message-Id: <pan.2003.03.12.22.51.23.420905@yahoo.com.au>

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:01:23 +0000, Pablo Sanchez wrote:

> "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in
> news:3e6ca15e$0$227$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net: 
> 

>> "Pablo Sanchez" <pablo_at_dev.null> wrote in message
>> news:Xns933A463B9B830pingottpingottbah_at_216.166.71.233...

>>> "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in
>>>
>>> INSERT INTO t SELECT seq_t.nextval, 'hola!' FROM DUAL;

>>
>>
>> Good point, and there is of course yet another version (which saves an
>> infinitesimal amount of time)
>>
>> insert into t values(seq_t.nextval,'hola');
>
> Good point! <g> ... my bad for poorly written code ...

Can I ask a cultural question??

What does "my bad" actually mean?? Is it some Americanism of which I was unaware? Meaning (one presumes) "My mistake"? And if you mean "my mistake", why use "my bad", which uses an adjective when the rest of the English-speaking peoples of the world would use a noun??

I'm not knocking, just curious.

Regards
HJR Received on Wed Mar 12 2003 - 16:51:23 CST