Post #381,892
10/9/13 6:11:02 PM
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Well actually, no, it's the other way around:
It's "row order" that is the traditional "table-oriented" database model; "columnar" is the newfangled speed-up thingy that would probably screw up Captain Obvious' code like a bitch. (Come to think of it, now that I've had a chance to get reacquainted with Dr Goodnight's(*) creation, Br*ce would probably like the SAS system a lot.)
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Post #381,932
10/10/13 6:08:21 AM
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Ahh, SAS
Eons ago we had a standard reporting process that ran on our mainframe built on the SAS freq report function. I was forced to upload large amounts of data just for it. It took a couple of hours to run on my data. Crap mainframe, crap CPU allocation, crap, crap, crap.
We didn't use any other functionality, just that damn freq report. From a very expensive yearly leased SAS environment.
I implemented that report in Perl 20 years ago, and have been carrying that code around since. One of the best damn bits of code I ever wrote. Not the code really, but the usable output. And it ran MUCH faster.
That looks to be a good python project. Time for a rewrite.
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Post #381,973
10/10/13 1:39:53 PM
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Technology from 1995 is "new fangled"?
That's when Sybase IQ came out and it's a columnar data store.
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Post #381,976
10/10/13 1:57:47 PM
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Yup, everything after ABBA split up is modern crap.
Now get off my lawn, punk!
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Post #381,981
10/10/13 2:17:52 PM
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ABBA who?
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Post #381,984
10/10/13 2:43:26 PM
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the swedish millie vanillie wannabees /me flees!
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Post #381,987
10/10/13 3:18:07 PM
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Milli Vanilli? Is that a new Starbucks drink?
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Post #381,998
10/10/13 6:39:21 PM
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ABBA, the one and only, obviously.
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Post #382,026
10/11/13 12:46:08 PM
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question was ficitious... obviously
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Post #382,094
10/14/13 2:34:12 AM
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So was the answer, didja notice? :-)
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Post #382,102
10/14/13 8:05:05 AM
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NO NEVAR! IN A BAHMILLION YEARS!
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Post #382,104
10/14/13 8:34:57 AM
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Bah, just because none of the pickled...
...herrings is _actually_ red. :-(
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Post #382,121
10/14/13 10:26:42 AM
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Wow...
You do catch on... eventually.
Maybe some day, you'll be able to translate BOxlish for us. If only.
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Post #382,127
10/14/13 11:31:35 AM
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that was a gag? sheeit I ordered some
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Post #382,155
10/14/13 4:19:09 PM
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Naah, quite serious--the only gag was mine, the bit about...
...the band being "the one and only" Abba. AFAIK, the herring canners are a lot older and still going strong.
So, which kind did you order, and how much? :-)
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Post #382,157
10/14/13 4:22:39 PM
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garlic sauce of course
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Post #382,168
10/14/13 5:40:19 PM
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Yuk - the one spice that doesn't go with herring.
Well, that and tomato, of course.
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Post #382,184
10/14/13 8:32:06 PM
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I have some Abba on my phone
Heard take a "chance on me" while walking fast through the crowds on the way to the train. If you've ever been in Times Square in the dark it's a surrealistic experience. The monster full light billboards make sure there is no such thing as darkness, and the flashes of light and dark keep the crown entertained.
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Post #382,197
10/15/13 1:08:23 AM
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How good that Her Majesty is amused.
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Post #382,037
10/11/13 7:22:02 PM
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What goes around comes around...
I heard the people they taught in Scandinavia to write songs are now teaching songwriting to those behind quite a number of the current K-pop songs. :-)
Wade.
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