Ah... the real motive ... spamming!

The FBI, yeah call them... no trouble at all reaching the pirate in Iran :) See pirate's profile

yep check the Physical Layer first

It is time to swith from Windows to Doors.

If you look at the very first item in this forum, it says "How to ask a question". This forum is for asking questions. So when you post something like that, we are left wondering what the questions is. In any case, you could have been more clear by stating that you're not asking a question(which the purpose of the forum) but posting a solution to a problem you encountered. Nonetheless, thanks for sharing.

These bloody conservatives! They want to ger rid of the gun registry but want to keep tabs on people's communications. I think we need to recall our MPs.

Did you even bother to search? check this[^]

Now I have an opportunity to brag that i went to MIT!

Sort of the same thing here in Canada. Most reserves are broke, living conditions terrible, alcoholism is rumpant. Also, First Nations/Native Americans dispropotionately represented in the jails. I think part of the problem is that it is difficult to maintain past cultural practices[living off the land] while desiring to enjoy the amentities of modern living. Here in Canada, the first nations are taken care of by the federal government but I think as long as they depend on the feds, they are not likely to really prosper. Personally, I am an immgrant to Canada. I struggled at first but I was able to put my foot into the door. So if an immigrant from Africa can make it, definitely a first nation, on whose land we live, can make it. I took a class a long time a go in something they called political economy, and I learnt stuff like means of production. The aboriginals in Canada want to live off the land which has its advantages; however, it is a hunter gatherer/communal mode of production which is at odds with Capitalism(well we don't have pure capitalism- we have a mixed economy).

MS Access does not read XML. You can create a MYSQL connection in ODBC, and you can link MS Access to any ODBC data source i.e. use linked tables. Linked tables don't store data so if you make a change in the data in Access, you would be changing data in MYSQL and vice-versa.

I am just wondering if there is a pattern for programming conditions which are not known by the programmer at programming time; i.e. the conditions are set by the user. For example, the user may define a set IF conditions, and corresponding actions. If the IFs were finite, that would be easy. However, the user has a variable set of conditions/rules. A good example of this is a ERP-purchasing module application. The routing of a purchase order depends on approval level. The levels of approval are determined by the company policy. There could be any number of approval levels. In other word IF condition 1... then action 1 IF condition 2... then action 2 .. IF Condition n.... then action n but N is unknown at programming time. So I can't use the the typical if-else block. Any suggestions on how to handle this.

There one way to really find out. Just post something that we can downvote

You're rather presumptuous. Although there are situations in which products and category have a many to many relationship, there are many real world situations in which a product belows to one category.

Based on the question, it would be impossible to tell.As you can see my answer was conditional. Of course if there were many products for category and vice-versa, then a many-to-many relationship would exist which would be decomposed to two one-to-many relationships. The idea was to get the author of the question to think about their design carefully. I was not saying the solution must necessarily be what wrote. :((

What you are asking is possible; however, be sure that your design is right. Off the top of my head, I thing a Category can have 1 or several products. If that is the case, then I would have my tables as follows Product(ProductID, CategoryID, ProductDesc,...) Category(CategoryID, CategoryDesc,......) Category ID would be a foregn in the product table

Yeah... I think so..... I'm going to polish up my programming skills.

yeah... the advice was sound; I just didn't hit it off with the boss so it was a question of time.

Thanks guys for all your encouraging words. I am feeling a little better. I am going to take the time off and do something that I have wanted to do programming and a.... hair transplant... the boss lady made me lost hair working for this boss lady :-D

It would really be awkward and HR would probably not invite me for an interview after they just gave me the pink slip.

Hey Cpians, a few days back, I posted about a dilema I was in. There was an opening as programmer analyst but I was in the Finance department as Financial Systems Analyst(I do systems stuff including programming but with a focus on ERP systems). My dilema was if I should go behind her back and apply. I was advised to inform my boss before applying. So I informed her of my intent to apply for the job. For some reason I decided against applying for the job because I was not sure as to whether it was what I wanted. Anyway, I informed by boss that I won't be apply for the job, and she gave me a thank you. Last Friday, I did a demo of an application I had written to integrate data from an online system to the ERP system. Imagine my surprise this morning when I got an invitation for a performance review. Before I went it, I almost certainly knew I was out. So I took my personal belongings to my car and then went for my "performance review". It was the boot indeed. I am having mixed feelings. One part of me is concerned about getting another job, another part of me is relieved I don't have to work for this lady. I have been laid off before and I have worked for many "boss ladies" before. However, I just could not click with this boss right from the start. Anyway just wanted to let off some steam.