On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 12:33 +1300, German Geek wrote: > EXIST? Yeah I certainly have seen it before in the result of a mysqldump, > but from the top of my head, I probably wouldn't have known in exactly what > context it is used. I've used MySQL for 5 years now and i think if you ask > such a question, you don't know what you should be asking because the > context of EXIST is hardly ever needed, and if, if you know where to look > for it, that's more important than being able to reproduce it in from the > top of your head. It's like asking: "Do you know the syntax for ..." where > ... is a rarely used function in PHP or any other language. It's like > requiring your employees to know every function of a language... > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 4:03 AM, tedd <tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi gang: > > > > I just interviewed for a job teaching at the local college (imagine me > > taking minds of mush and molding them to the world according to tedd -- > > frightening huh?) > > > > In any event, the interviewer asked me how long I've been using MySQL and I > > replied several years. After which she asked a single question, which was > > "What does EXIST mean?" > > > > Now without running to the manuals, please be honest and tell me how many > > of you know off the top of your head what EXIST means? I would be curious to > > know. > > > > I answered the question correctly, (I'm one of those weird types who read > > manuals for fun) but I have never used EXIST in a query. Have any of you? > > > > And while we're on the subject of MySQL -- while we all know how to write > > it, how do you say it? > > > > I've read that the common way is to say "My Squell", or something like > > that. But I always sounded out each letter, such as "My S-Q-L". The > > interviewer pronounced it the same as I, but I have heard others say it > > differently. > > > > What say you? > > > > Cheers, > > > > tedd > > > > -- > > ------- > > http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Better questions really ought to be along the lines of "how would you tackle this problem?" and then accept a variety of answers back, or some debugging on erroneous code. Unfortunately, these tests all too often feature questions on those obscure functions that are rarely used. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
