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One of the developers here created an SQL query for me that I'm using to
extract database and stored procedure data from a set of 22 of databases.
This was not a trivial undertaking...it's roughly 230 lines of code.
As I'm doing with many of my tables extracted from databases, I'm including
the query code as a foot note of the documentation. It makes it easier for
me to replicate the same results when I need to update the docs and it gives
my data credibility once the developers see that the data was generated
"correctly".
However, this was done differently in that I actually included a credit to
the developer who created this code for me.
I told him today and I expected a thanks (with a lower case t), but instead,
he seemed really pleased....and this developer doesn't show "pleased" very
often.
Have any of you ever done something like this and what was the reaction?
John Posada
Special Projects
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
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