Re: A MySQL Question

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German Geek wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Micah Gersten <micah@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:micah@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Robert Cummings wrote:
>     > On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 00:16 +0000, Nathan Rixham wrote:
>     >
>     >> Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>     >>
>     >>> On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 23:23 +0000, ceo@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>>> Presumable, the EXISTS sub-query can be optimized sometimes
>     to just stop processing the sub-query and kick things back out to
>     the outer query.
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>> IN has to process them all and find them all.
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>>>
>     >>> Don't forget the special case use as well:
>     >>>
>     >>> IF NOT EXISTS `universe` THEN bigbang()
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> Ash
>     >>> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk <http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >> any chance of writing the implementation of that bigbang()
>     function?
>     >>
>     >
>     > If nothing exists and a universe is created via a big bang...
>     does it
>     > make a sound? Can we realistically call it a big bang if it
>     doesn't make
>     > a sound? Couldn't we call it the big light show? But then
>     again... if
>     > nothing exists and a universe is created via a big light show...
>     does it
>     > matter? Can it be perceived? Is this just a proverbial
>     pandrödinger's
>     > box? You can't implement the bigbang() function if you don't exist.
>     >
>     > Cheers,
>     > Rob.
>     >
>     The function doesn't say who's doing the creating, it just checks for
>     the existence of the universe.
>
> Lol, I agree, the function bigbang() doesn't need to be implemented
> (or it could be empty if it needs to be there for this line to work),
> because by definition, the universe must exist, if this statement is
> to exist.
Who says this statement is run in this universe?  Who says it's not for
a simulator?
>
> Guys, I think this is taking it a bit far...

You new here? ;)

Thank you,
Micah Gersten
onShore Networks
Internal Developer
http://www.onshore.com



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