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Brian Peasland wrote:
> No partial credit in your class??? I guess this is where the student
> argues with the teacher over the "finer" points in his answer compared
> to the finer points in the problem definition.
I was just trying to encourage others to solve the problem with SQL.
>
> And my solution is not "a single SQL statement to produce the data set
> required to deduce the answer", but rather I go that step further where
> I actually produce the answer in this single SQL statement! No further
> deduction is required since the SQL statement uses intelligence to
> eliminate the wrong answers from the equation.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
You still get full credit. And a passing grade. ;-)
-- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)Received on Thu Mar 04 2004 - 12:44:38 CST