Tag Archives: syntax

You can join data sets. LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN, even OUTER APPLY. There’s nothing to learn here. Last week, I had what seemed to be a simple join of three data sets. My permutation was a lot more complicated than … Continue reading →

Suppose you are charged with system QA for a complicated system that expects dozens or hundreds of simultaneous users. The system has a user front end through either a browswer of through deployed software, and it sends transactions back and … Continue reading →

I’ve been coding in php for seven years, and doing it professionally for four. Until today, I never knew you could use a syntax like this to set the value of more than one variable.

I’m not sure why … Continue reading →