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Managed 2 cheap digs and left it at that. This is a possible escape time so should I update my linked in profile?merely at clientco for the entertainment -
It'll do no harmOriginally posted by eek View PostManaged 2 cheap digs and left it at that. This is a possible escape time so should I update my linked in profile?
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A year. Client is close and work beyond easy but they are utterly clueless.....Originally posted by FiveTimes View PostIt'll do no harm
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Well I learnt something new today. I say 'learnt' - it wasn't something I'd ever thought about, and if I had I might have found I knew it already, but as I hadn't, I didn't.
If you have, e.g. an int column in sql, and you sum it, it assumes the resultant datatype is restricted to int and gives you an overflow error if you blow it.Comment
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I don't think that's an assumption rather it keeps the same data type as the original (unless you explicitly change it) which may result in an unexpected overflow error.Originally posted by mudskipper View PostWell I learnt something new today. I say 'learnt' - it wasn't something I'd ever thought about, and if I had I might have found I knew it already, but as I hadn't, I didn't.
If you have, e.g. an int column in sql, and you sum it, it assumes the resultant datatype is restricted to int and gives you an overflow error if you blow it.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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In other news just wrote a totally bulltulip email to explain why the test data we sent end end client is utterly insane....
I'm quite proud of the number of lies (5) contained in 2 short sentences....merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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I am of course talking Microsoft SQL Server. If SQL Fiddle is to be believed MySQL and Oracle are quite happy to sum themOriginally posted by mudskipper View PostWell I learnt something new today. I say 'learnt' - it wasn't something I'd ever thought about, and if I had I might have found I knew it already, but as I hadn't, I didn't.
If you have, e.g. an int column in sql, and you sum it, it assumes the resultant datatype is restricted to int and gives you an overflow error if you blow it.Comment
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FTFYOriginally posted by mudskipper View PostWell I learnt something new today. I say 'learnt' - it wasn't something I'd ever thought about, and if I had I might have found I knew it already, but as I hadn't, I didn't.
I have red eyes in the morning.Comment
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Well OK, 'assumes' was possibly not the technical term. I'd created a datatable with a type that was big enough to to take the result, so hadn't occurred to me I needed to convert it on selecting.Originally posted by eek View PostI don't think that's an assumption rather it keeps the same data type as the original (unless you explicitly change it) which may result in an unexpected overflow error.
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