snarks_at_gmail.com wrote:
> snarks_at_gmail.com wrote:
>> : I'll get my coat...
>
> Malcolm Dew-Jones wrote:
>> ???
>
> Er, sorry, that might not be an expression that has made it across the
> pond. It's a line from a comedy programme in which someone makes a huge
> blunder in a social situation, like thinking that the serious high-brow
> Shakespeare conversation is all about Leonardo di Caprio's films, and
> when he realises that he has blundered, gets up and says "I'll get me
> coat" and leaves the group, so great is his embarrassment.
>
> So, that was me saying "Ah, I've blundered, I can't show my face round
> here any more". It turns out I've been testing these functions on a 9i
> installation, which explains why they weren't working, and I assumed
> that they were only available in SQL SELECT statements, not plain
> variable assignment expressions.
>
> Phil Hibbs.
Thanks. Another bit of culture cross the pond.
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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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Received on Wed Jun 21 2006 - 11:06:14 CDT
