Re: Peculiar results from a simple looking query.

From: GreyBeard <Fuzzy.GreyBeard_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:10:46 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2005.02.25.23.11.23.182417@gmail.com>

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:54:30 -0800, ak_tiredofspam wrote:

>>>  suspect this bug has gone unaddressed for so long because most

> people
> using Oracle would never even think to use CAST to convert one char
> type
> to another where only the length was different.
> ..<<
>
> I would agree. BTW, I was told that Microsoft used to hire people with
> no previous exposure to computers as testers. I was also told that such
> newbies were very very useful, as they were going off the beaten path
> and exposing an enormous amount of problems.

These newbies encouraged such dramatic advances in computing as "Microsoft Bob" and "Clippy, the helpful Paper Clip"

Should we encourage Oracle to offer 'Digger, the helpful data shovel'?

lol/FGB Received on Fri Feb 25 2005 - 16:10:46 CST