alistairbayley

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by alistairbayley 6y ago
I still have one of their t-shirts.
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by alistairbayley 9y ago
How big is your database, and how long does it take to restart? We have what I would describe as a fairly small influx database, and it takes a long time to restart (20-30 mins). And the time to restart seems to be growing linearly with the
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by alistairbayley 9y ago
You could look at it like this: the goal is to reduce the total number of sick says in the pool, however you do it. A pooled allowance might encourage people more to stay away from work when ill. A given individual may not have much control
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by alistairbayley 10y ago
1. Why indent the joins? Are table2 and table3 less important than table1? Is table1 special? Is that why it enjoys privileged status in the from-clause? 2. Why place some predicates in the where-clause and others in the join-clauses? What&
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by alistairbayley 10y ago
Re uppercase: can't afford a syntax-highlighting editor?
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by alistairbayley 10y ago
What's so amazing about it, when compared to the other SQL DBMS's? (e.g. postgresql, oracle, sybase, db2, etc) Especially as it's just a re-badged Sybase...
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by alistairbayley 12y ago
I think the nested intervals model, a refinement of nested sets, solves this slow update problem: http://www.rampant-books.com/art_vadim_nested_sets_sql_trees... But I've never had to use it, so I am just guessing. Sam
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by alistairbayley 14y ago
How does this compare to Mr Social? : http://mobisocial.stanford.edu/papers/mrprivacy.pdf