- database ·
- postgresql ·
- programming ·
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Database Meets Revision Control
Any developer who has worked with HIPAA compliancy knows that the law is murky at best and the fed doesn’t publish a programmers’ guide to make your life any easier. However, one of the cardinal rules is the requirement to keep track of who sees HIPAA data, who modifies it and when this was done. …
- database ·
- programming ·
- tech ·
Finding duplicate records in a database: the SQL HAVING clause
One issue I run across occasionally is a table with duplicate entries such as two entries for the same company in an accounts payable system. This can create embarrassing problems with billing if ACME Inc #1 is 90 days overdue because someone posted a payment, and now a credit, to ACME Inc #2. I ran…
- garmin zumo ·
- gps ·
- programming ·
- tech ·
Using Google Maps with the Garmin Zumo 660
One of the best things about motorcycling is spending a nice day exploring twisty back roads far from home. One of the worst things is getting lost while running low on fuel and being clueless not only about where you are but where to find gas. Fortunately, technology comes to the rescue again with a…
Tip for restoring a deleted Applications folder from the Dock
A lot of my blog posts are Post-Its for my own brain. So is this one. I’ve managed to accidentally drag my Applications folder to the trash twice now and both times I had to wade through a half dozen non-optimal solutions on the web to find the one that actually restored it to what…
- database ·
- php ·
- programming ·
- tech ·
Returning latest/highest record from a set of records
A common reporting requirement in database applications is selecting the latest purchase, or latest job, or oldest chlld for each person in a table. Any beginning student of SQL knows how to return the most recent date in a table: SELECT MAX(rec_date) FROM sales; max ——————————- 2011-03-15 18:04:45.178057-04 (1 row) But that doesn’t tell us…