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Butterfly and Leaf - a poem

(what? You thought I only wrote software? Enjoy….)Butterfly and LeafMoca Finca, August 9, 2008Copyright 2008, Steven FeuersteinFlickering shadowof a butterflycatching the sunseeking out color: Alive, for a time.Fluttering shadowof a leaflosing the…

Posted 09 August 2008 † Steven Feuerstein § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

return size of to_char

The width of a columns is known before execution.
Well, in most cases…

SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DAY','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE=FRENCH') FROM DUAL;
TO_CHAR(
——–
SAMEDI

The length is as most 8 characters (VENDREDI). Therefore the width of the column is 8.

SELECT TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'YEAR') FROM DUAL;
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'YEAR')
——————————————
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT

Oracle thinks the length is at most 42 characters. This is a bad guess, the year 7777 is the longest to [...]

Posted 09 August 2008 † Laurent Schneider § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor…

I read some pretty damning reviews of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), so my expectations were very low. This was a good thing because I came out thinking it was OK. I really do mean OK, not great or even good. Just OK.
The film takes itself far too seriously. There is some [...]

Posted 09 August 2008 † Tim... § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °