Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-07-01 Thread Andrej Ricnik-Bay
On 7/2/07, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrej: I don't post links; I often find them unhelpful because I can't read them at the time I'm reading email. esr's article contains good advice, but there's room for argument on some of his points. Probably, not everyone will agree with

Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-07-01 Thread John Summerfield
Michael Glaesemann wrote: On Jun 26, 2007, at 2:19 , Achilleas Mantzios wrote: ΣÏ?ιÏ? ΀Ï?ίÏ?η 26 Î?οÏ?ΜιοÏ? 2007 09:40, ο/η John Summerfield έγÏ?αÏ?ε: Subjects such as yours don't cut the mustard. Try to summarise your problem; if I'm interested in the problem then I will read

Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-06-26 Thread Andrej Ricnik-Bay
On 6/27/07, Michael Glaesemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While self-admittedly grumpy, I believe John was trying to encourage better posting behavior from Joshua which will benefit him by receiving more answers. If John had remained silent (as I'm sure others who share his sentiment have), bein

Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-06-26 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Jun 26, 2007, at 2:19 , Achilleas Mantzios wrote: Στις Τρίτη 26 Ιούνιος 2007 09:40, ο/η John Summerfield έγραψε: Subjects such as yours don't cut the mustard. Try to summarise your problem; if I'm interested in the problem then I will read it and (maybe) help. When I find it's cross-post

Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-06-26 Thread Achilleas Mantzios
Στις Τρίτη 26 Ιούνιος 2007 09:40, ο/η John Summerfield έγραψε: > Joshua wrote: > > Ok, > > > > You guys must be getting sick of these newbie questions, but I can't > > resist since I am learning a lot from these email > > I'm not fond of people using meaningless subjects, or of people > simultaneou

Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-06-26 Thread Bart Degryse
"A. Kretschmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2007-06-25 20:07 >>> >am Mon, dem 25.06.2007, um 12:44:25 -0500 mailte Joshua folgendes: >> Ok, >> >> You guys must be getting sick of these newbie questions, but I can't >> resist since I am learning a lot from these email lists and getting >> results

Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-06-26 Thread John Summerfield
Joshua wrote: Ok, You guys must be getting sick of these newbie questions, but I can't resist since I am learning a lot from these email I'm not fond of people using meaningless subjects, or of people simultaneously posting the same message to other lists. If one chooses a meaningless subj

Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-06-25 Thread Ragnar
On mán, 2007-06-25 at 12:44 -0500, Joshua wrote: > I have a column that looks like this > > firstname > - > John B > Mark A > Jennifer D > > Basically I have the first name followed by a middle initial. Is there a > quick command I can run to strip the middle initial? how about:

Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-06-25 Thread A. Kretschmer
am Mon, dem 25.06.2007, um 12:44:25 -0500 mailte Joshua folgendes: > Ok, > > You guys must be getting sick of these newbie questions, but I can't > resist since I am learning a lot from these email lists and getting > results quick! Thanks to everyone for their contributions. > > Here is my qu

Re: [SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-06-25 Thread manchicken
On Monday 25 June 2007 12:44:25 Joshua wrote: > Ok, > > You guys must be getting sick of these newbie questions, but I can't > resist since I am learning a lot from these email lists and getting > results quick! Thanks to everyone for their contributions. > > Here is my questions > > I have a c

[SQL] yet another simple SQL question

2007-06-25 Thread Joshua
Ok, You guys must be getting sick of these newbie questions, but I can't resist since I am learning a lot from these email lists and getting results quick! Thanks to everyone for their contributions. Here is my questions I have a column that looks like this firstname - J