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The Battle With The Queries From Hell
R. Alex Whitlock
I think I won, cause they all ran away.
In my job, that's called a "pyrrhic victory."
UPDATE: It has been brought to my attention that some people don't know what a query is. Well, in database terms a query is a transient replicator of data that draws information from one or more tables and, depending on the coding involved, run totals and comparisons in order to demonstrate blah blah blah blah blah table blah blah blah report blah blah blah form blah blah. They take raw data and make it usable information. It was a long drawn out battle, but I guess I emerged victorious since they ran away. Hence "victory."
Now they've disappeared and I don't know where they went. Hence "pyrrhic."
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