Re: Delete Only 50 rows from table

OTC, that's the first stuff you've written in a long time that was worth taking the time to read. ;) I give it two "HELL YEA"s!!!! --- Obnoxio The Chav <obnoxio@serendipita.com> wrote: > > Dirk Gunsth'vel said: > > > > But if they REALLY want it? > > If they REALLY want it, I'll give it to them. All > the way. > > But as to their computer systems, no-one WANTS a > pile of fetid steaming > dingoes' kidneys. They've just been lumbered with a > mess because some > in-bred half-wit didn't do his job properly. > > What irks me beyond my ability to express is when > customers decide to > chuck squillions of dollars/euros/pounds/dongs in > hardware or cacheing > bollocks at any given issue, because it's "lower > risk" than fixing the > root cause (99 times out of 100, it's some crap > code.) > > So, in a year's time, when the hardware runs out of > steam, they have to do > it all again. If they'd listened to some sense and > fixed the root cause, > they'd be running happily on their old systems, > instead of having thrown > money at it, over and over. > > Case in point: I have two customers A and B, I've > been consulting to them > both for years now. Customer A listens to me (and > other relevant technical > consultants) and implements recommendations. They > get the expected life > (and some more) out of their systems. They rarely > have performance (or any > other) issues, because they take preventative action > before issues bite > them. Customer B, I don't know why they pay for my > time, they never listen > to me. They've had more crises and chucked more > hardware at their > environment than anyone I've ever met. I can't even > get my head around > their hardware infrastructure any more, but I'm sure > that if they listened > to me when I started talking to them about their > specific issues, they'd > still be running a couple of boxes and routers. > > I'm very unpopular at customer B, because I don't > accept their approach to > their IT and question it at every opportunity. It is > wrong to just say: > "the customer wants it, so that's what we have to > do." If you don't > challenge them, they're never going to fix it, and > you're going to become > an accomplice in causing yourself more pain. > > Blimey. I must be annoyed or something. > > -- > > Bye now, > Obnoxio > > "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut > fermer sa gueule" > - Coluche > > "I'm trying to see things your way, but I can't get > my head up my ass" > - JCH > > "Ogni uomo mi guarda come se fossi una testa di > cazzo" > - Marco > > Travel broadens a person. You look as if you have > been all over the world. > > I went to the airport to check in and they asked > what I did because I > looked like a terrorist. I said I was a comedian. > They said, "Say > something funny then." I told them I had just > graduated from flying > school. > > -- Ahmed Ahmed > > http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/Obnoxio/thinkIfoundtheproblem.jpg > sending to informix-list > sending to informix-list