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- george: Very true. Indeed this is what airlines need to do. Thanks for the link, Ez!
- Ezra F: Blackboard is fully aware we run query against the main application tables part of the main application and not just the PowerSight Kit....
- J: Thanks for that. We don’t query against the database apart from the views supplied as part of the PowerSight Kit as I was under the...
- Ez: The easiest way is a SQL query combining trk_person, trk_action, trk_user_action , trk_page, trk_session, and learning_contex t. The...
- J: Saw a demo of Blackboard NextGen at BBWorldEurope and it looked like an improvement. v9 will be the start of Project NG culminating in v10. I...
- J: Most error reports find their way to me after the user has logged out and therefore cannot find out what node they are on. Have you found a...
- J: Interesting. We have not yet had a request like this. Like you we only create new users and not update from our student information system....
- mattl: thank you, exactly the problem i just had and now a solution
- Wannabe George: “The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.̶ 1;...
- John A Arkansawyer: You’ll like this.
Jun
9
No Sympathy for the Devil
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Coworker 1: You signed the wrong thing.
Coworker 2: What?
Coworker 1: You wrote “Happy Birthday” on a sympathy card.
(Both laugh)
Feb
27
Quick Enough?
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Overheard in cube land…
Analyst: Quick question which I think will have a quick answer.
DBA: Okay.
Analyst: Can we–
DBA: No! Is that quick enough?
It was humor. Both laughed.
Jun
27
Mass Emails
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I find some of the emails that circulate around here funny. Here is an example.
A hubcap off someone’s vehicle was found in our parking lot. Claim at front desk.
May
18
Overheard at the Office
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Guy 1: “Should we be worried about the maniacal laughter coming from the next building?”
Guy 2: “Huh. I am so used to hearing from my co-workers that I must not have noticed.”
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Learning Management System (LMS) DBA, amateur photographer, amateur epistemologistDisclaimer
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