Re: consolidation of multiple rows
From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:00:40 -0800
Message-ID: <1204941635.28411@bubbleator.drizzle.com>
>>>> There are a lot of top notch programmers and DBA's who have never
>>>> heard of Joe Celko. <<
>>
>> LOL! Programmers, sure; I know some who are not sure who the
>> president is. DBAs, probably not :) I am teaching a graduate
>> Database Course at a small local college from the 8-th edition of a
>> popular textbook. I am not just quoted in a few places, but my name
>> is used in data in the examples. Unfortunately, I am shown as knowing
>> Java in one of the tables, which I don't.
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:00:40 -0800
Message-ID: <1204941635.28411@bubbleator.drizzle.com>
Serge Rielau wrote:
> --CELKO-- wrote:
>>>> There are a lot of top notch programmers and DBA's who have never
>>>> heard of Joe Celko. <<
>>
>> LOL! Programmers, sure; I know some who are not sure who the
>> president is. DBAs, probably not :) I am teaching a graduate
>> Database Course at a small local college from the 8-th edition of a
>> popular textbook. I am not just quoted in a few places, but my name
>> is used in data in the examples. Unfortunately, I am shown as knowing
>> Java in one of the tables, which I don't.
> My first run in with Joe was 12 years ago in form of a QA suite named > "joe_celko" which failed on me after I broke DB2 ;-) > It contains "SQL for Smarties" queries. > > Cheers > Serge
DB2? Broken? Tell me it ain't so. <g>
Have I got a story to tell you about zLinux. On second thought you probably don't want to hear it. <g>
Have a great weekend.
-- 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.orgReceived on Fri Mar 07 2008 - 20:00:40 CST