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    Careers advice

    Chopstik, thanks for you post: its gave me a few ideas how I can shape my future. Going off topic initially, there were no real major disadvantages living in Asia, however there were a few niggling points that being from the Western world, contributed to me leaving: my diet primarily was Thai...
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    Careers advice

    Just wondering if there is anyone out there with some advice with regards to my career direction. I graduated with a degree in Software Engineering and immediately found a position in a medium sized company designing/developing both front (C++) and back end database (SQL) solutions for a number...
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    Search field with SQL help

    Try select * from sysaudits_02 where extrainfo like "%err%"
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    Conceptual problem with users and databases

    Hi, Well not sure on the question - but a user is local to the Database - so if you have more than one DB, you need to create a user on each separate DB. As for the hierarchy, the DB runs on the server and the user logs in to the DB. Pls could you clarify more?
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    Database Version Update!

    Hi John, I've used ASA 5 DB for years with a ASA 6 so not sure what the problems is? However ASA 6.0 -> 6.2 was quite buggy to say the least. What problems are you having? However, the easiest way to "upgrade" an DB is to unload the ASA 5 one and reload it in ASA 6. You can do all this vis...
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    Output to a file from sybase stored procedure ?

    Have you tried the "output to" command? Tom.
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    Testing if a table is empty

    Hi Paul, How about this: select if exists (select 1 from table) then 1 else 0 endif from sys.dummy Tom.
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    Installing java for Mozilla firebird

    Have you tried this: http://texturizer.net/firebird/faq.html#q2.2 Tom.
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    How many users are we licensed for

    hi paul Try: select property ( 'LicenseCount'); select property ( 'LicensedCompany'); select property ( 'LicensedUser'); select property ( 'LicenseType'); Tom.
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    Performance and speed!

    Not sure what your asking for here: do you want to speed up DB performance or create SQL reports quickly? In the former case, I found this page extremely useful: http://www.bcarter.com/tip077.htm In the latter case, that's all down to DB design! However, creating views maybe useful in...
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    Parse name field into components

    Opps, it seems the "locate" function is an ASA SQL vendor extension. Must take more notice of "standards"!!!
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    Formatting money

    Hi This is probably a task better suited for your front end. For example using a mask in Powerbuilder. Tom.
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    Pack Database

    Hi, Have you tried unloading/reloading the DB? Tom.
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    Change DBA password!

    Hi John, To change the DBA password you need to create a new DBA account (eg "DBA2" - how original!). Log out off the original DBA account and change the pw from the new one. Tom.
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    What is more performant : EXISTS or IN ?

    Hi ScanX, I think this link should answer your query: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2002-12/msg00185.php However, in my experience, it is best simply to experiment with both and see which one gives you the best result. Tom.
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