I read a rant article the other day (I will update the link here as soon as I find it again) where the author was absolutely shooting down the use of the IN statement in queries, and proposing you rather use a JOIN and then compare fields in the WHERE clause.
Author: Baldy
Condom shortage in New Zealand
Helen Clarke, Prime Minister of New Zealand, is rudely awoken at 4 am by the telephone.
'Helen, it's the Health Minister here. Sorry to bother you at this hour but there is an emergency! I've just received word that the Durex factory in Auckland has burned to the ground. It is estimated the entire New Zealand supply of condoms will be gone by the end of the week.!!!'
Braai Etiket
FOKUS MENSE, FOKUS!
1. Doen so bietjie moeite met jou aankoop van jou vleis. ‘n Braai is ‘n ernstige ding, benader dus jou aankope ook so. In die ou dae was jou slagter amper familie. Jy het hom immers meer gesien as jou dokter.
Deesdae is dinge soveel makliker en onpersoonlik. Rakke het gesigte vervang met die gevolg dat die jonger geslag onbekend geraak het oor wat nou eintlik goeie vleis is. As ‘n ding goed verpak is dan lyk hy mos gaaf genoeg om te braai. Kak man! So, as jy nie vleis ken nie, vra
jou slagter.
Time Travel
It turns out that there's a scientific and logical explanation for why people (mostly men) spend so much time in pubs and only get home in the
early hours of the morning.
Let idiocy prevail
The Right to Agrarian Reform for Food Sovereignty Campaign has decided to oppose the work of our Minister of Land Affairs and Agriculture. If you haven't seen what she's doing, she's repossessed a farm that was given to previously disadvantaged farmers during the land restitution campaign. Continue reading Let idiocy prevail
Curb the anarchy on our roads
Finally someone has made a move to start curbing the anarchy on our roads. Afriforum has taken the bold step of accepting pictures taken with your mobile phone of taxis breaking the law. They will then lay the complaint, and follow up with the investigation.
Why you should vote
I've spoken to a number of people who've told me that they will be exercising their democratic right to not cast a vote in the upcoming election. I do not have a problem with you exercising your right, but just want to caution you.