Comments on: Gauge charts in SQL or How to produce the world's ugliest speedometers

By: Lucas Jellema

Lucas Jellema — Mon, 14 May 2007 12:40:25 +0000

Niall,

You got it exactly right of course. It's the fun of thinking it up, setting yourself the challenge and proving you can do it. It's probably in the same category as running the marathon or climbing high mountains - not that I would want to compare my result with such achievement of course. But to do pointless things to have fun and/or meet the challenge you set yourself - that is basically it.

Lucas

By: Peter K

Peter K — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:59:48 +0000

Good one but me thinks someone got too much time on their hands and need to get a life.

Laurent, sure it might be a good interview question but I would question the intent of the interviewer if such a question comes up in an interview.

By: Niall Litchfield

Niall Litchfield — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:27:33 +0000

Why would you waste time an effort on this. To exercise your brain. And let’s face producing completely pointless reports is so much more fun if it was you that came up with the desire for them in the first place.

By: SwitchBL8

SwitchBL8 — Fri, 11 May 2007 12:29:18 +0000

Aren’t charts to make things clearer by showing data in something the eye/brain can recognize in an instant? So….the above is a neat trick, but only for the purpose of showing off. What’s the use? Please enlighten me, because I’m totally missing the point why you would waste your time and talent on this.

By: Laurent Schneider

Laurent Schneider — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:45:11 +0000

A perfect interview question with the additional requirement to use the model clause

By: Luc Bors

Luc Bors — Fri, 11 May 2007 10:01:35 +0000

Duh………you might consider to sell some of your time to me Looks like you have plenty….
Anyway, nice job.

By: opensourcereader

opensourcereader — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:15:41 +0000

You know you are totally insane, don’t you ?

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:19:56 +0000

OMG