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  1. spperl

    inverse poisson using perl (Math::CDF)

    Hi, Thanks for your reply and taking the time to do this. I did end up coding manually. So thanks again!
  2. spperl

    inverse poisson using perl (Math::CDF)

    Hi, I'm work on probabilities and I'm looking for a perl module that mimics the excel POISSON(x,mean,cumulative) function where cumulative = False. The only module I have come across that is close is the Math::CDF distribution however by default the this works with cumulative probabilities...
  3. spperl

    rotated text, blockquote

    Hi, I'm trying to create info graphics / data panels on a hobby site that I'm working on. I'm wishing to display text for one of the stat totals vertically rotated with supporting text wrapping this however I'm having difficulty getting this aligned correctly. Instead of pasting code I can...
  4. spperl

    league table, cumulative ranking

    ...date_id, team_id, hpld hpld, htw, htd, htl, apld, atw, atd, atl from ( select r1.date_id, r1.home_team_id as team_id, count(*) as hpld, 0 as apld, sum( IF( r2.home_team_ft_score > r2.away_team_ft_score, 1, 0 ) ) htw, sum( IF(...
  5. spperl

    Calculating Winning and Losing Streaks?

    Hi, I have a table called 'results' which is made up of the following fields id team_id result (Win, Loss, Draw) I'm trying to construct a query that will show what streak a particular team is on. e.g. Team 1 has won the last 5 Team 1 has drawn the last 0 Team 1 has lost the last 0 Team 2...
  6. spperl

    AJAX panel with form, IE issues

    Hi, I have run into a problem on IE when trying to dynamically load a form into a panel. Here is the problem I have: On page load I have a js function that loads an info panel via a jquery / AJAX request (e.g. 'panel1') to the web server. Contents within 'panel1' should load and on selection...
  7. spperl

    AJAX panel with form, IE issues

    Hi, I have run into a problem on IE when trying to dynamically load a form into a panel. Here is the problem I have: On page load I have a js function that loads an info panel via a jquery / AJAX request (e.g. 'panel1') to the web server. Contents within 'panel1' should load and on selection...
  8. spperl

    Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

    Just an update if anyone was wondering: Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser allows existing xls files to be edited.
  9. spperl

    Spreadsheet::WriteExcel

    Hi, I have an xls template file that I need to append to (i.e. the headers style etc... must be maintained). Is Spreadsheet::WriteExcel appropriate for this task or does this simply create a new spreadsheet each time. If not does anyone know of any other nice modules? Any input is greatly...
  10. spperl

    regexp_matches

    OK just figured this out ... 'thinking aloud' seems to help! select * from items where to_char(price,'99999.99') ~ '5$'; works well.
  11. spperl

    regexp_matches

    Hi, Thanks for the fast reply, you are correct my pseudo code ended up just being the query that I'm running! Whilst the query may work for char columns I'm having difficulty running the above on a numeric(7,2) field. I receive the following: HINT: No operator matches the given name and...
  12. spperl

    regexp_matches

    Hi, Is there anyway I can write a query to return results only when the value of a numeric type ends in 5? Pseudo code: select * from items where price ~ '5$'; Is there a way to use regexp_matches or does price need to be cast as a string or text? Any help appreciated.
  13. spperl

    Net::Amazon and Net::Amazon::Property

    Great shout regarding Availability! Having iterated over a few examples I can easily parse the availability string to determine if in stock or not. Nice one, thank you and have a star!
  14. spperl

    Net::Amazon and Net::Amazon::Property

    Hi, Just wondering if anyone knows of a way to return the amazon stock quantity of a given product using Net::Amazon e.g. my $response = $ua->search(<<an ean>>) for ($response->properties()) { $_->ThirdPartyNewCount(); # returns the total new count for all resellers however this does...
  15. spperl

    converting codepage 437 to standard ASCII

    I'm struggling with a character encoding issue. Basically the text I am trying to manipulate contains extended ascii characters which are invalid with the database encoding (unfortunately I have no control over this) Without applying a brute force search and replace does anyone know of any neat...
  16. spperl

    Like Search using full text index

    Hi, More specific question. The following query does not appear to work on v8.3.14: select * from table, to_tsquery('english','car:*') as query WHERE to_tsvector('english', title) @@ query ERROR: syntax error in tsquery: "car:*" Does anyone know if this functionality was brought in on a...
  17. spperl

    Like Search using full text index

    Hi, Does anyone know if it is it possible to do a like search using to_tsquery? e.g. to_tsquery('english','search_term*') AS query or to_tsquery('english','car*') AS query this would match car, card, care, cardio etc.. etc.. The tests I have done so far appear to suggest this isn't...
  18. spperl

    PL/SQL ref cursors / multiple tables

    Hi, Please ignore, all was ok with the above code... the id I passed into the procedure for test purposes was wrong. Doh! Thanks again to carp yesterday for pointing me in the right direction. Cheers, spperl
  19. spperl

    PL/SQL ref cursors / multiple tables

    Hi, Thanks for your previous comment regarding ref cursors yesterday... I've had a look and now think I'm a bit closer to being able to retrieve a recordset from multiple tables however still having difficulty. Here is the code written so far: Package definition to hold the ref cursor...
  20. spperl

    PL/SQL Associative Array

    Hi, Thanks for the quick reply, guidance and pointers to alternative solutions - this gives me something concrete to look into. Thanks again.

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