darragh murray

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Archive for March, 2007

I’ve been using Access 2007 for about an hour now, quickly developing a small database to store information on what periodicals I’ve been reading for my thesis, and when I have accessed them. Quick review - it is fairly impressive! Highlights are:

The Ribbon Gui common to all Office 2007 products is used very well in [...]

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When Politics gets Ugly

Monday, March 19th, 2007

It’s not often that I giggle from studying history. At this moment in time, considering the massive amount of time I’m expending on my honours thesis, the laughs are in short supply. But every now and then a tiny snippet of historical text causes me to crack a grin, usually when my brain is at [...]

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Aside - Slightly disturbing

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Hrm. The fact that my blog appears on http://www.host2play.com/all.sql, which seems to be an sql script for some sort of host for online gambling site, disturbs me. Why must people use their SQL powers for evil instead of good?

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This is a quick little tip.
I came across a minor annoyance the other day when I was importing Access saved queries from another database and using link tables. If you import your queries before you link your tables, then try run the queries with no tables link - Access will complain that it can’t find [...]

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Ms Access - The Upgrade

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

I’d never thought I’d ever say something so geeky but I must comment that I don’t think I’ve ever been as excited about downloading a product as I am right now. And right now I’m downloading Ms Access 2007. I’m taking advantage of the http://www.itsnotcheating.com.au offer, and buying the new version of Office 2007 Ultimate [...]

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