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  1. SantaMufasa

    12C first experience

    cmmrfrds, I'm sorry for the delay in responding...I've been buried with company work lately, and it's really impaired my ability to get onto Tek-Tips. I feel your pain with 12C implementation. I highly recommend logging a defect on Oracle Metalink (if you haven't done so already). Having one of...
  2. SantaMufasa

    My first thought was, ...

    Chris, I agree with you entirely. The title of the article, ('Quebec girl told to stop reading book by school bus driver') illustrates why passive voice is weak...In this case, it sounds as though books written by bus drivers are verboten. Why couldn't Kate McKenna, the "wannabe journalist...
  3. SantaMufasa

    Deleting millions of records

    The problem that I see with the solution above, is that if you have any GRANTs on the old_audit_table, they disappear coincident with the DROP statement. You can solve this issue by either doing a TRUNCATE <table> instead of a DROP <table>, followed by an INSERT from the new_audit_table, or...
  4. SantaMufasa

    Application Sorting Dilemna - Should I Use Oracle For Sorting

    The implication from your posting is that I'm sitting in an "Ivory Tower" somewhere surveying my perfect data domains. Actually, I've been working in the "Real World" since 1973 (41 years), cleaning up data (and code) messes, similar to the one you inherited. My earlier comments were, in no...
  5. SantaMufasa

    Application Sorting Dilemna - Should I Use Oracle For Sorting

    TMurdach, Your incoming data are so blatantly disobedient of 1st Normal Form (No repeating groups in a row of data), that I don't understand why you don't bite the bullet and fix your data (and application) once and for all so you never have to deal with this issue ever again. I can't imagine...
  6. SantaMufasa

    May vs. Might, what could go wrong?

    Then there is the Southeastern U.S. convention of might could, which seems to combine the best/worst of two of the three options: [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA) “People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
  7. SantaMufasa

    May vs. Might, what could go wrong?

    The past tense of can is canned, isn't it? <grin> [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA) “People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
  8. SantaMufasa

    Bedroom SUIT?

    rjoubert, Merriam-Webster acknowledges suite pronounced rhyming with boot as a secondary pronunciation. Our family noticed this pronunciation when we lived in the southeastern U.S. To our ears, it always sounded like a substandard pronunciation. I believe that Merriam-Webster considers it an...
  9. SantaMufasa

    Oh Dear! And the general IQ drops another level, ...

    I remember the following conversation with my mother when I was about 11 years old: [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA) “People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
  10. SantaMufasa

    Don't get confused while driving in South Carolina

    When I lived in Llanfair­pwllgwyn­gyllgo­gery­chwyrn­drobwll­llanty­silio­gogo­goch in the 1970s, we abbreviated the village name to Llanfair-pg. I can also confirm that when properly pronounced, you and your listener should wear dribble bibs to avoid soiling the front of your shirt...It sounds...
  11. SantaMufasa

    Changing &quot;I think&quot; to something else in conversation.

    If the terms "I believe..." or "I think..." are cliché, then I suggest replacing them in conversation with "I assert..." or "I postulate...". But I also suggest using those terms in a thoughtful and deliberate fashion to avoid their becoming trite and cliché, as well. [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave...
  12. SantaMufasa

    Singular or Plural WHAT?

    Perhaps you are looking for twoth (pronounced tooth). <grin> [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA) “People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
  13. SantaMufasa

    Query records for only selected criteria

    Sherry, Your specifications seem a bit contradictory to me:What I need to find is which contracts are being funded ONLY by agency 207. I only want the contract/projects with Agcy 2207 or 2307. Could you please disambiguate your specs for me? [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)...
  14. SantaMufasa

    Vanity Plates &quot;XVI&quot;

    When we had 6 children at home (ages 6 through 12) our license plate on our 15-passenger Dodge Maxi-van was: [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA) “People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
  15. SantaMufasa

    Don't get confused while driving in South Carolina

    Jon, I see that the nearest lodging to Lord Hereford's Knob is Holly Bush Inn. I'm wondering if Lord Hereford and Holly were close acquaintences. [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA) “People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.&quot;
  16. SantaMufasa

    Don't get confused while driving in South Carolina

    While living in the English Midlands for two years in the early 1970s, I found that Great Britons seem to have the best senses of humour when it comes to amusing street and place names: Rude and Funny London Street and Place Names ◦Back Passage, London ◦Mincing Lane, London ◦Mudchute, London...
  17. SantaMufasa

    Don't get confused while driving in South Carolina

    And for you Children of the 1950s, did you know that Truth or Consequences, New Mexico really is named after the 1950s-60s game show? Then producer of the game show, Ralph Edwards, announced that they would air the show from the first town that officially renamed itself after the game show. Hot...
  18. SantaMufasa

    Don't get confused while driving in South Carolina

    Yes, Upper Sandusky is about 60 miles south of Sandusky. The reason it was named Upper Sandusky was not because of any proximity to Sandusky but because it is on the banks of the upper portion (i.e., near the headwaters of) the Sandusky River. [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)...
  19. SantaMufasa

    Don't get confused while driving in South Carolina

    ...And that is a fair question because...? <smile> [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA) “People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.
  20. SantaMufasa

    Please help me reconcile these words with the deeds.

    No offense to any citizens of countries outside the U.S., but the only place I'd like to travel outside the U.S. is Hawaii. <grin> [santa]Mufasa (aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA) “People may forget what you say, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

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