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Tony, I totally agree with power needs of the LLMs. I think her comments highlight the "we must all move to EVs to protect the planet (by date xxx)". Where I live (rural Ontario), we can get power failures from time to time-mostly with high winds/storms. The underlying issue is the full lack of...

Hello and welcome to AWF, UseKee!

Here's an example StrConv ("TECH ON THE NET", 3) Result: "Tech On The Net" Parámetros o argumentos texto La cadena que desea convertir. conversión El tipo de conversión a realizar. La siguiente es una lista de parámetros válidos para la conversión. Descripción del valor del...

I have at least 1 site where it is automatic 2 factor authentication and I can get requested to answer a question ( 1 of 3 or 4) that were being used before 2 factor was initiated.

Good point Jon, but I expect the scammers will find a way to infect those new tools and cause havoc. I don't foresee a steady, positive state of things. Let's hope there's more good than harm. I'm thinking of recent articles about new drugs/cosmetics, batteries... only to see that there are...

I think Doc has it right. For a little side entertainment you may find this by Sabine Hossenfelder interesting.

Isaac and Tony, et al The more I attempt to use Chatgpt and CoPilot(Bing Chat) productively, the more I am becoming convinced that the major beneficiaries of these tools will be/are the scammers. As with a lot of technology, the "bad guys" have an intrinsic knack for making the best/worst? use...

Did you try the query I suggested in #4? It should show the unique values in Category.

I agree that readers need to see your table design and some data. Is it possible there is a spelling mistake? You may try Select distinct Category from Contact_People; to see existing Categories.

I agree with theDBGuy---There are several links to Northwind 2.0 Starter Edition here.

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Tell us more about your application and the "set-up-for-new-year" process. For consideration: 1-take an extra copy of your year-end data base, name the database New Year, delete all the data, At this point yo have all tables--just no data--What am I missing? =or= 2-List all the tables you need...

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James, Regarding your Please see this article on Stump the model. Create some sample data and some sample scenarios and test your model. It is much easier to adjust the "paper model/database structure" during some serious vetting of the model rather than attempting to adjust a physical...