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Re: Returning DISTINCT rows when SQL *DOES NOT* contain distinct!

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 13:55:32 -0700
Message-ID: <1116363096.206537@yasure>


vistav20_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> We could go on forever, can't we?
>
> I see that you are part of an educational institution, and you are
> heavily biased towards everyone asking the question as "my
> instructor...".

Hardly. I only write that when the question looks artificial or the questioner ill-informed to the point that I doubt they really are doing what they claim.

> My original post clearly said that we are using a tool that we don't
> have control over, besides I was after ideas--not just a neat SQL
> trick.

Which means what? I should take for granted whatever is posted by some anonymous person on the internet? Would you?

> May be if some teachers spent more time in the class making sure they
> connect with their students, and have a one-to-one to ensure they are
> following the logic, they wouldn't have to obsessively police the
> internet to control how their students get to the answers.
>
> chil, and take care.

If this is about me and my students I have an award on my wall from them and have one of the highest percentages of positive feedback of any instructor in a similar program. And what you apparently have is an answer you don't find wholly satisfying: C'est dommage.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Received on Tue May 17 2005 - 15:55:32 CDT

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