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Wed, Mar 25 2009 22:04

School sends letter to parents of dead teenager complaining about her poor attendance

School sends letter to parents of dead teenager complaining about her poor attendance The relevant paragraph is: He said: "Unknown to the school, Megan's details had remained in a different part of the computer system and were called up when...
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Tue, Mar 24 2009 14:06

"Slacker DBs" Vs. Old-Guard DBs

A very interesting summary at Slashdot - "Slacker DBs" Vs. Old-Guard DBs on an InfoWorld article Test Center: Slacker databases break all the old rules I saw this problem from a different perspective in 2000 or so when I purchased my Palm Vx...
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Thu, Oct 9 2008 23:32

The Manga Guide to Databases

"Want to learn about databases without the tedium? With its unique combination of Japanese-style comics and serious educational content, The Manga Guide to Databases is just the book for you. Princess Ruruna is stressed out. With the king and queen...
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Tue, Jul 8 2008 17:46

No indexes on a 2.2 million record table?

Hastening an Inevitable Now this is truly ridiculous and very worth of a WTF page. This page also illustrates how CPU speed isn't that important. 150 Mhz systems. Hard drive speed is where you should be spending the money on a server. RAM is also...
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Sat, May 3 2008 23:13

Duplicate names and birth dates

Ken Sheridan, long time resident of the Microsoft Access newsgroups, posted a very interesting paragraph in a thread title Duplicates A year or so ago I witnessed a remarkable coincidence when attending a hospital clinic. Two patients, both female, both...
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