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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: The joy of SQL Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:04:28 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Message-ID: <20241028080428.00000a09@gmail.com> References: <pan$96411$d204da43$cc34bb91$1fe98651@linux.rocks> <20241021075543.00000494@gmail.com> <vf6f0q$13ctc$2@dont-email.me> <20241021151652.00005675@gmail.com> <vf6n47$14l9a$3@dont-email.me> <lno9vqF368kU2@mid.individual.net> <vf6u3q$15nlq$3@dont-email.me> <20241022095931.00001d38@gmail.com> <vf93a5$1l20u$6@dont-email.me> <20241022144815.00007ea5@gmail.com> <vf98l2$1lsqn$3@dont-email.me> <20241022153631.00002ec9@gmail.com> <vfamtn$21039$1@dont-email.me> <vfbo4u$28v56$5@dont-email.me> <vfcft1$2ftu7$1@dont-email.me> <vfcgcv$2g0g1$3@dont-email.me> <nv2dnXjQd4-8foT6nZ2dnZfqn_sAAAAA@earthlink.com> <vfcptl$2hjp4$1@dont-email.me> <CCadnQ4B-oXSboT6nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vfebuf$2pkdl$4@dont-email.me> <Os6dnedZ6uqxbof6nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <nCQSO.297925$EEm7.62385@fx16.iad> <lo2as5Fj476U1@mid.individual.net> <vfh6rk$3brp2$9@dont-email.me> <7t6cnTF27tl40YH6nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@earthlink.com> <lo3eduFo19fU3@mid.individual.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:04:32 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4465a6e33cabd8cdc3e48a302e1773cf"; logging-data="1100966"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19zzWlbwKKBreaWCus6Pawslbz7J8vmh5g=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:IotP7oUj2JP78Vxw+7zMuQEzi8o= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.38; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 2504 On 26 Oct 2024 05:53:02 GMT rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote: > Then there was the nightmare when I was tasked with extracting > another division's data from FoxPro when we moved our bugs database > to something a little more real and shot the fox. Ah, FoxPro...VFP was the DBMS we used at my first real-world data- munging job. I assume our head honcho (a real DIYer) had his reasons (I think the terminal server we used - it was a call center handling inbound telemarketing sales, real janky place - had native support for it,) but even then it seemed like a weird choice.