Requirement: In Oracle, display the first row of data from a table with each data element separated by a delimiter.. The column names & number of columns in the table cannot be hardcoded as they are likely to change over time. Real-life example: U...
How to include code in Posterous
So the first question I have is how do you publish code samples in Posterous (the blogging software I use)? First link I've found in looking for this is: http://blog.posterous.com/announcing-markdown-support. According to the site,
QA: The roadblock
That's right - Quality Assurance is just one gigantic road block between you and where you want to go. These insane people thrive on destruction. They are the rambunctious 3 year old to our new carpet. And what sucks is that we can't give them a t...
Don’t be pacified.
Want to hear something funny? Mikey (our 9 month old) loves to eat and becomes frustrated when his mouth is blocked by a pacifier. I can't help but laugh as his eyebrows furl with confusion. He can't quite figure out why his fistful of peas and ca...
Speed Bumps
I did some consulting work for a company in New Jersery that had the following procedure to gain access to a sharepoint folder: Call the off-shore support team between 7am and 9am Eastern to request access. The support desk will ask for your emplo...
Face to Face
Interesting topics discussed on a recent conference call while waiting for people to join/connect: Michael Jackson A 5 year-old is terrorizing the neighborhood pets. The upcoming 4th of July holiday Hotel checkout procedures What's for dinner Thes...
The Artist
On Sunday we took Mikey to the Blanton art museum. Mikey is 8 months old, and he really appreciated how his screeches and screams echoed throughout the modern-art section. Oddly enough, he wasn't as vocal in the European Art section. In walking th...
Sex, Drugs, and Hacking
In college, I had a computer science professor who urged his students to live by 3 simple rules: 1) Don't have unprotected sex. 2) Don't experiment with drugs. 3) Don't be afraid to hack. Yes, hack. Not in the Swordfish / Office Space / War Games ...
Micrometer, crayon, and Ax
Around 2006 I took a job in Austin just to get to Austin (more on that later). One of the first people I met at my new job was Erik. Erik was a consultant most of his professional life, and he had a saying: "Measure with a micrometer, mark with a ...
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