Re: Help writing SQL query

From: Barry Bulsara <bbulsara23_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:19:36 -0000
Message-ID: <1102454368.27471.0@damia.uk.clara.net>

Look - I don't have control over the structure of the data I am using. This is just the way it is.

What I need is a few pointers on how to contruct an SQL query to retrieve what I want out of the dataset. Despite what has been said earlier in the thread, the problem is clearly not "trivial" either. Barry

"ana" <anacedent_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:31mk76F3deluvU1_at_individual.net...
> "Barry Bulsara" <bbulsara23_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1102452429.26479.0_at_damia.uk.clara.net...
>> > BTW: Why can't the design be fixed? You have to realize that this is
>> > going to bite you on the posterior every single time you try to use it.
>>
>> The purpose of the SQL query I want is to fix the design.
>
> When your only tool is a hammer, all problems are treated as nails.
> A hammer is not an effective board cutter (a saw) regardless of how hard
> you
> swing it.
> Folks have been trying to give you a clue that you have selected the wrong
> tool.
> So, You're On Your OWN (YOYO)!
>
>
Received on Tue Dec 07 2004 - 15:19:36 CST