Re: consolidation of multiple rows

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:24:09 -0800
Message-ID: <1204914248.15114@bubbleator.drizzle.com>


Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> DA Morgan wrote:

>>>> If you know the names Date and Codd you should know who you are
>>>> addressing: Joe Celko.
>>>
>>> Not a name I am familiar with.
>>
>> Says much about your attitude toward our profession.
>>
>> Enlighten yourself:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Celko
>> http://www.dbmsmag.com/artin301.html#A000009
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Wikipedia%22+and+%22Joe+Celko%22&btnG=Google+Search
>>
> 
> Not necessarily.  There are a lot of top notch programmers and DBA's who 
> have never heard of Joe Celko.

Well right now I can only name one. <g>

Of course you are correct. There are top notch programmers that don't know who Chris Date is. There are top notch programmers that don't know who Dennis Ritchie and Ray Boyce are either no doubt.

Though I suspect you could put the names of those "top notch" programmers on a 3x5 card.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
Oracle Ace Director & Instructor
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Fri Mar 07 2008 - 12:24:09 CST

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