Re: "IDS 10.0 Cities Tour 2006"

Mark Townsend said: > > David wrote: > >> NZ was a leader in the Informix geo-spatial >> space, in the last millennium. > > Really ? Do tell. They fitted GPS tracking to all the sheep so they would know where they could have a good time! :o) -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche did i mention i like nulls? heck, i even go so far as to say that all columns in a table except the primary key could/should be nullable. this has certain advantages, for example, if you need to insert a child record and you don't have a parent row for it, just do an insert into the parent table with the primary key value (everything else null), and voila, relational integrity is preserved. but this is, admittedly, a bit controversial among modellers. --r937, dbforums.com

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > They fitted GPS tracking to all the sheep so they would know where they > could have a good time! :o) > Sheep jokes. How original

Mark Townsend wrote: > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> >> They fitted GPS tracking to all the sheep so they would know where they >> could have a good time! :o) >> > > Sheep jokes. How original Hmm - this post elicited the following response. I guess you guys have gone and gotten all insular now ? Shame Your mail to 'Informix-list' with the subject Re: "IDS 10.0 Cities Tour 2006" Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. The reason it is being held: Post by non-member to a members-only list Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive notification of the moderator's decision. If you would like to cancel this posting, please visit the following URL: http://www.iiug.org/mailman/confirm/informix-list/6d11c31d26dd4de445a6973ff550da5f2e803c85

Mark Townsend said: > > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> >> They fitted GPS tracking to all the sheep so they would know where they >> could have a good time! :o) > > Sheep jokes. How original I'll stop now that I have your attention. :o) -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche did i mention i like nulls? heck, i even go so far as to say that all columns in a table except the primary key could/should be nullable. this has certain advantages, for example, if you need to insert a child record and you don't have a parent row for it, just do an insert into the parent table with the primary key value (everything else null), and voila, relational integrity is preserved. but this is, admittedly, a bit controversial among modellers. --r937, dbforums.com