Re: Tool to check why queries miss results?

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 12:52:51 -0800
Message-ID: <1141505561.225619_at_jetspin.drizzle.com>


Andreas Koch wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> just a strange idea. Is there some tool that takes
> an SQL query, plus (parts) of an output of that query
> you'd expect to see, and then explains why that part
> of output wasn't created?
>
> -----------------------------
> Example:
>
> SELECT cty.CityName, cust.Name, bsy.Business
> FROM City cty, Customer cust, Business bsy
> WHERE cust.zip=cty.zip and cust.bsyid=bsy.bsyid;
>
> Returns:
> New York,Jim, Food
> Tokie, Jo, Film
>
> Expected : CityName=London, Name=*, Business=*

[Quoted] And why would any person expect London much less a tool.

[Quoted] If someone doesn't have the requisite skills to write a SQL statement they should just learn how to say "Do you want fries with that?"

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Received on Sat Mar 04 2006 - 21:52:51 CET

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