On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 19:40 -0800, omar wrote:
> below.) This behavior is a feature, not a bug. A database is suppose to
> store and retrieve data and it should not matter to the database what
> format that data is in. The strong typing system found in most other SQL
In my opinion, this is the
On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 08:07 -0300, Jorge Godoy wrote:
> omar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'm curious what people think about the following statement considering the
> > database typing talk being brought up here. My experience is that more
> > times
> > than not I have to put data validati
omar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm curious what people think about the following statement considering the
> database typing talk being brought up here. My experience is that more times
> than not I have to put data validation in my client code even when it's
> available on the server, if for
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From: "omar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] OT: Canadian Tax Database
Tom, I promise this isn't a political statement, even though it's on the
same thread.
I'm curious what p
Tom, I promise this isn't a political statement, even though it's on the
same thread.
I'm curious what people think about the following statement considering
the database typing talk being brought up here. My experience is that
more times than not I have to put data validation in my client co
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On 03/09/07 00:12, Patrick TJ McPhee wrote:
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>
> To be fair, this is not "the tax system". It's a staging database
> used for electronic filing, and it's pretty common to use typeless
> databases in the first stage of that sort of application.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Richard Huxton wrote:
% http://www.thestar.com/News/article/189175
%
% "For instance, in some cases the field for the social insurance number
% was instead filled in with a birth date."
%
% Unbelievable. Sixty years of electronic computing, fifty years use in
%
Sorry everyone, my bad, but I should have expected it.
I was not denigrating anyone, if you actually read what I
said you can not conclude that I was. My entire point was
that the Government does not hire the best qualified hardest
working people regardless of their sex, culture, origin
or any o
Omar Eljumaily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thank God the DOI is inefficient. If they were good at what they do,
> which is generally malicious, we'd all be in trouble.
Guys, this was off-topic to start with ... if you'd like to argue
politics please take it to some other list ...
Thank God the DOI is inefficient. If they were good at what they do,
which is generally malicious, we'd all be in trouble.
Your story reminded me of a dear friend who works for the department of
the interior here in the US who routinely was dressed down for writing
functional, reliable softwar
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 10:15, Ted Byers wrote:
>
> I recall being told by one project manager I knew years ago who had an
> opportunity to create a bid for an RFP issued by Transport Canada (long long
> ago). He refuse, so his employer prepared the bid. He refused because the
> RFP was a joke
Since this thread has already degraded, I'll offer my two cents. The
biggest screw ups in US history have been instigated by groups of
privileged White men. I know my name may sound otherwise, but I'm a
White American male, so I'm not pointing the finger at another group.
Let's see, Enron, A
> Richard Huxton wrote:
>> http://www.thestar.com/News/article/189175
>>
>> "For instance, in some cases the field for the social insurance number
>> was instead filled in with a birth date."
>>
>> Unbelievable. Sixty years of electronic computing, fifty years use in
>> business and the "professio
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From: "Alan Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] OT: Canadian Tax Database
On Thursday 08 March 2007 08:15, "Ted Byers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
They would have satis
On Thursday 08 March 2007 08:15, "Ted Byers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They would have satisfied the terms of their contract
> if, after a few years, and hundreds of man-years, they walked away
> without delivering anything. That tragedy cost Canada hundreds of
> millions, if not billions, of d
On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 09:15 -0500, Ted Byers wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Richard Huxton"
> Cc:
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] OT: Canadian Tax Databa
And due at least in part to government (and other institutions operated
by
damned fools) opting for the least expensive provider rather than paying
for
someone who actually knows what they're doing. Just as buying cheap junk
always comes back to get you, hiring incompetent fools that don't kn
> And due at least in part to government (and other institutions operated by
> damned fools) opting for the least expensive provider rather than paying for
> someone who actually knows what they're doing. Just as buying cheap junk
> always comes back to get you, hiring incompetent fools that do
- Original Message -
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Richard Huxton"
Cc:
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] OT: Canadian Tax Database
Richard Huxton wrote:
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/189175
"
Joshua D. Drake wrote:
Richard Huxton wrote:
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/189175
"For instance, in some cases the field for the social insurance number
was instead filled in with a birth date."
Unbelievable. Sixty years of electronic computing, fifty years use in
business and the "pr
Richard Huxton wrote:
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/189175
"For instance, in some cases the field for the social insurance number
was instead filled in with a birth date."
Unbelievable. Sixty years of electronic computing, fifty years use in
business and the "professionals" who built t
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/189175
"For instance, in some cases the field for the social insurance number
was instead filled in with a birth date."
Unbelievable. Sixty years of electronic computing, fifty years use in
business and the "professionals" who built the tax system for a wea
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