Re: All hail Bob (not)!

On Mon, 08 May 2006 08:02:42 GMT, Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote:

>Bob Badour wrote:
>> jiiiiim_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>>> Frank Hamersley wrote:
>>>> Bob Badour wrote:
>>>
>>> [..]
>>>
>>>>> I agree it is no problem to write the query to get the average ages
>>>>> where the age is known. Using null, how does one write the query to
>>>>> get the correct result, ie. the average is unknown ?
>>>
>>>> select case when count(*) = count(age)
>>>> then avg(age)
>>>> else null
>>>> end as avgage
>>>> from table
>>>
>>> What say you Bob? The silence to date has been most instructive.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Frank.
>>
>> Apparently, you do not know the meaning of plonk. I see you use two
>> email addresses. Plonk again.
>
>You *are* simply a dullard of the first order - of course I used a
>second email address given you had dumped the first in your killfile.
>My standards of etiquette required bringing the above post to your
>attention before handing you "the white feather" for having deserted the
>original thread line prior to conclusion!
>
>> If you think it is appropriate to require the godawful mess above from a
>> casual user to get a correct result for a simple query, you only confirm
>> that you are an embecile.
>
>Feasibility was simply the challenge you posed - your subsequent
>protestations surely and simply demean yourself!
>
>All this confirms my view that whilst you have significant knowledge in
>the CDT domain (and certainly more than I would ascribe to myself), you
>don't have the guts to stick out a discourse that does not go entirely
>your own way. Of course this is normal for bullies when events take an
>unexpected turn.
>
>Much more curiously though your resort to bombastic posts (whilst a
>feeble trait IMO for anyone professing intellectual tendencies) seems to
>have recent CDTzens in thrall given the deafening silence to date. I
>would have thought there would be at least one with an opinion for
>either of our respective stances. Ce la vie - I live and learn.

     You are not doing so bad at the bombast yourself.

     More flame and less smoke, please.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Wed May 10 2006 - 02:58:20 CEST