Monthly Archives: January, 2009
ROWIDs are fun
Send article as PDF In a previous posting here on the subject of Lazy Developer Syndrome, I showed a small fragment of code where I SELECTed the ROWID in addition to all the other data I wanted, then UPDATEd the same row using the ROWID I had stored rather then using the Primary [...]
Lazy developer syndrome
Send article as PDF To those who don’t know me, I’m an Oracle DBA and I also can develop as well. I detest having to work on applications which have the following construct in the code:
So transport is killing the planet is it?
Send article as PDF I suspect not. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026873.100-how-kangaroo-burgers-could-save-the-planet.html The gist of the above article is this, worldwide, livestock creates more greenhouse gasses than all forms of transport combined. Eating meat is bad for the planet – can you hear all those veggies crowing now? Never mind, Kangaroos taste good and can help save [...]
Cyclists – I hate them!
Send article as PDF I hate cyclists. They are so full of themselves! They sit there, two or three abreast on narrow roads, dawdling along having a nice chat, completely oblivious to the queue of traffic behind them. Give them a happy toot (ie, not a nasty long drawn out blast) on the [...]
Hello world!
Send article as PDF Welcome to my blog. Don’t expect me to be sensible or politically correct here, it’s my space and I’ll say what I like! So there! Of course, anything I do say will be able to be commented on by you, my faithful reader (singular!), assuming that you care of [...]