Re: DBA quiz

"Aloha Kakuikanu" <alohakaku_nospam_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message <news:KWwo6.1556$45.1949_at_www.newsranger.com>...

> On my last job interview for DBA position they gave me the test below. I fell
> flat, and so did all of my friends, whom I asked. One of them wrote a C program
> that calculates the answer, but I cannot believe that DBA folks are supposed to
> know how to program C.

What is this supposed to be, self-join hell-world? I thought we were supposed to *avoid* cartesian products! I hope whoever does get that job applies such techniques every day.

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