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Post #196,238
by drewk
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2/24/05 5:12:05 PM
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New Well there's the problem
Thousands of stored procedures or a nighmare of dynamic SQL generation code in order to do what I consider simpe Perl code.
Emphasis added. If he doesn't know how your code works, he needs you. PHBs hate needing people.
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Post #196,241
by broomberg
2/24/05 5:34:18 PM
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New He has Perl people
2 who are far better than me, 3 who are about the same.

He does not need me as all.

But when they are done moving stuff to the database, he will then need a boatload of people to maintain what they have.

His highpriced VB/SQL/Server buddy create a semi-working app with several hundred cut&paste stored procedures. All that did almost the same thing, with tiny differences. While I'm told the language CAN be done better, his key people obviously aren't the ones doing it that way.
     Job language choices - (broomberg) - (31) - Feb. 24, 2005, 11:36:16 AM EST
         You should be using control tables. - (admin) - (2) - Feb. 24, 2005, 12:09:26 PM EST
             Surely you meant to say "SmallTalk"? -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2005, 12:33:33 PM EST
                 you mean Smalltalk? -NT - (tuberculosis) - Feb. 26, 2005, 11:22:00 PM EST
         typical DBA response - (boxley) - Feb. 24, 2005, 12:11:12 PM EST
         Yeah, that calls for choice language. -NT - (Arkadiy) - Feb. 24, 2005, 12:13:06 PM EST
         Someone else should carefully take him aside... - (ben_tilly) - (15) - Feb. 24, 2005, 01:17:58 PM EST
             Won't happen - (broomberg) - (14) - Feb. 24, 2005, 01:42:10 PM EST
                 Difference between can and should - (JayMehaffey) - Feb. 24, 2005, 02:42:58 PM EST
                 Got it - (ben_tilly) - Feb. 24, 2005, 02:48:02 PM EST
                 of course there is always room for sql queries - (boxley) - (3) - Feb. 24, 2005, 03:07:16 PM EST
                     C w/ nested SQL - (broomberg) - (2) - Feb. 24, 2005, 03:33:26 PM EST
                         Well there's the problem - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 24, 2005, 05:12:05 PM EST
                             He has Perl people - (broomberg) - Feb. 24, 2005, 05:34:18 PM EST
                 I feel your pain re command-line/shell phobia - (Meerkat) - (7) - Feb. 25, 2005, 04:38:49 PM EST
                     Now, I'm all weird on this. - (pwhysall) - (4) - Feb. 26, 2005, 02:34:02 AM EST
                         I have my Happy Hacking keyboard here at work. - (static) - (3) - March 2, 2005, 01:21:47 AM EST
                             No good for me. - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 2, 2005, 01:38:53 AM EST
                                 I used a real VT320 for a while in a previous job. - (static) - (1) - March 3, 2005, 01:27:46 AM EST
                                     Re: I used a real VT320 for a while in a previous job. - (pwhysall) - March 3, 2005, 01:41:16 AM EST
                     Us Old-timers report: - (Ashton) - (1) - Feb. 27, 2005, 04:27:20 AM EST
                         Ctrl-= - subscript Ctrl-+ - superscript - (Arkadiy) - Feb. 28, 2005, 09:22:03 AM EST
         <Pssst.> - (Another Scott) - Feb. 24, 2005, 06:24:09 PM EST
         Who does have the responsibility to pick language? - (tablizer) - (2) - Feb. 27, 2005, 03:40:23 PM EST
             Not a chance - (broomberg) - (1) - Feb. 27, 2005, 05:27:59 PM EST
                 But he's *got* a good reason - (drewk) - Feb. 27, 2005, 06:47:14 PM EST
         After reading the whole thread.... - (gdaustin) - (5) - March 12, 2005, 12:31:16 PM EST
             There is no THEY - (broomberg) - (4) - March 12, 2005, 01:34:37 PM EST
                 Ugh. -NT - (imric) - March 12, 2005, 02:33:00 PM EST
                 ya dinna cluster unless directed to do so explicitly -NT - (boxley) - March 12, 2005, 05:44:40 PM EST
                 Yes there is... - (gdaustin) - (1) - March 12, 2005, 06:17:48 PM EST
                     You have to remeber how we are organised - (broomberg) - March 12, 2005, 11:52:25 PM EST

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