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SQL 101: DDL Recap-Improving Our Basic SQL Tables, Part 2
[[{“value”:”However, this is an application-only behavior: if a record is inserted via SQL and a value for these fields is not provided, they’ll be left blank because that was the default value specified on the CREATE TABLE statement.
Try to modify the CREATE TABLE and LABEL ON statements that were automatically generated for the rest of the tables in order to include the three new columns I added to PFSTM: the unique ID, the creation user, and the creation timestamp.”}]] Read More
IBM Power Virtual Server tip: Multiple LPARs with the same Serial Number Diego Kesselman
[[{“value”:”The second trick is the Server Placement Group feature: We can create one or more placement groups to force our new LPARs to be placed in the same box.
We can have a production box and a development system, so we can group LPARs based on SLAs and serial numbers.”}]] Read More
Power vs Z vs x86 common performance metric – (according to ChatGPT) Power *destroys* the “competition”…?
[[{“value”:”why can’t I delete my own discussion??), but basically I had done some more research before it actually got posted (I submitted it a couple of days ago) and the numbers that I posted previously are not correct, so please ignore that previous post…
Sorry, I don’t seem to be able to delete/edit the subject line or the discussion itself(??”}]] Read More
IBM Shutters Systems Research And Development Labs In China – IT Jungle
[[{“value”:”And as a consequence, the once booming Power Systems business in China has all but dried up and as a consequence IBM earlier this year started shutting down its China Development Lab and last week shut down its China Systems Lab. According to a report in Nikkei, the layoffs in China by Big Blue affect around 1,600 workers located in Beijing, Shanghai, and Dalian.
Four decades ago, when Big Blue started to do business for real in China, the only reason to believe that the Middle Kingdom might one day rival the United States economically and militarily was the vastness of its population, the breadth and depth of its natural resources, and the patience and tenacity of its command economy.”}]] Read More
