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Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:00 am

Just getting off on a really geeky tangent here... regarding your sig:

mac_h8r1 wrote:

mac_h8r1.postCount++;

Since the BBS probably has some sort of database backend, I think SQL would be more appropriate than C:

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update Users set PostCount = PostCount + 1 where UserName = 'mac_h8r1'

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Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:44 pm

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user(1689).postCount++;

Would be more likely, if it used C/Java, so it wouldn't need to search for my alias. This would do better as another thread

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Fri Mar 12, 2004 8:28 pm

mac_h8r1 wrote:

This would do better as another thread

Yeah, JBI has been taking over threads all week it seems like.

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Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:50 am

Kevin wrote:

mac_h8r1 wrote:

This would do better as another thread

Yeah, JBI has been taking over threads all week it seems like.

As a mod, I know there's that "Split thread" option. In theory, one could split the past few posts off into their own thread, rename it "mac_h8r1's siggy" and put it in the Developer's Den, hint, hint

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Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:39 pm

mac_h8r1 wrote:

As a mod, I know there's that "Split thread" option. In theory, one could split the past few posts off into their own thread, rename it "mac_h8r1's siggy" and put it in the Developer's Den, hint, hint

Always making me do more and more work.... Thread split.

Kevin

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Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:26 pm

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Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:38 pm

Yeah, if it was me, I would've probably just left it where it was. Or if anything, moved it to the Back Porch.

But since we're here now, how many of you do database (SQL) stuff? I've generally been more of a C/C++ guy for most of my career, but in the past few years have gotten more into SQL database work. Not really by choice... it just seems like there's more demand for it these days, and I'm a mercenary -- I'll go wherever the money is!

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Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:48 am

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Mon Mar 15, 2004 8:43 am

fc34 wrote:

Then I'd suggest you start to learn how to program in Java...

Yeah, I've been meaning to learn Java and C# (and Perl, and Python, and PHP, and...)

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Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:46 am

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Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:58 am

Hawkwing74 wrote:

We use SQL with a little VB here, but then again we're kind of **** up. No Java programmers and no C++, C, or C#.

Hey VB is a pretty decent language. I've done a ton with it. I've also spend the last weekend picking up Python since I'm still job hunting Never hurts to expand ones skills. I've used a decent amount of SQL over the years as well. Want to set up a mySQL server here for more practice using it with Windows clients with ODBC and such

No wonder television's a medium. It's so seldom rare or well done. -Mighty Mouse

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Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:23 pm