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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/08/07 20:56
phpCodeHead wrote:
> On Oct 7, 10:20 am, "Shelly" <sheldonlg.n...@asap-consult.com> wrote:
>> One more thing, Jerry, (and this is also a top post), I will, henceforth, no
>> longer respond to any post of yours. I have not resorted to name calling
>> when someone disagrees with me as you have. My previous answer was "if you
>> do not agree, then we will have to agree to disagree". Yes, I have called
>> you a whimpering child after you started with the "stoopid" stuff. However,
>> on second thought, I apologize for that and will take the more mature path
>> of no longer responding to you on any post, lest you go off again in a huff.
>> So Jerry, have a nice life.
>>
>> Shelly
>>
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:V-Cdne5Aw6WkfJXanZ2dnUVZ_vvinZ2d@comcast.com...
>>
>>> Shelly wrote:
>>>> Whatever.
>>> And you're so stoopid you quote a hole bunch of stuff just to top post
>>> this one word.
>>> Learn to post properly, stoopid. Both style and topic.
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>>> Remove the "x" from my email address
>>> Jerry Stuckle
>>> JDS Computer Training Corp.
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>
> Follow this thread... Left to right, top to bottom and ask your
> self... Did that make any sense?
>
> Come on, who's really being childish here?
>
> Now....
>
> The original post was absolutely, 100% SQL query building question.
> How do I "take a list of dates from a particular table field, and be
> able to rank each record in the order within which in falls in those
> range of dates" could apply to any RDBMS system; but how is PHP (the
> subject of this newsgroup) to do that? Through MySQL, Oracle, or MSSQL
> functions!
>
> The resulting recordset could be handled by any number of programming
> languages.
>
> What is the harm in posting the original question here, in a PHP
> related newsgroup? Well, if say, 2 or 3 months from now, whenever I or
> any other programmer on the planet is in search of an answer similar
> to Colleen's; do you think that search will begin in a PHP newsgroup?
>
> In fact the only point to which I disagree with Jerry is that it
> certainly doesn't belong in a MySQL newsqroup. It should actually be
> posted in a most generic SQL newsgroup.
>
> The proof of evidence in justifying our requests lies in your very
> answer to Colleen's question. Was the answer not a simple SQL
> statement that can be executed by any number of RDBMS systems and then
> further process upon by any number of programming language?
>
> For the betterment of ALL users of the usenet system, at least TRY to
> put a little thought in to where to post your queries...
>
> Thanx...
>
I have no argument that a generic SQL newsgroup might be more
appropriate, also. However, unfortunately, SQL is not SQL is not SQL.
Different databases implement it differently, which is why I recommended
comp.databases.mysql.
But either would be good.
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