January 2006 - Posts

• Let Access do the work of writing SQL statements for you

  One of the views associated with creating queries in the Query designer in Access is the SQL window. The SQL window displays SQL statements that are created behind the scenes when you create a query. However, the SQL window doesn't display just SQL statements. Read More... Posted Friday, January 27, 2006 7:41 AM by frice | 1 Comments

• XBox - Life, What Life?

  Just as Michael Corleone said in Godfather III, "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in." I'm not talking about organized crime. I'm talking about XBox. Until about two years ago, I was a major Quake affectionato. I couldn't wait to get home Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:00 AM by frice | 6 Comments

• It's deja-vu all over again - recursion

  One of the subjects that made me nervous when taking computer science classes in college was recursive programming. It was easy to accidentally write a recursive (i.e. never-ending} program but it was sometimes hard for me to determine when I should write Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 6:47 AM by frice | 0 Comments