[Lvlug] Re: SQL question

[Faber J. Fedor]

On 23/08/07 11:10 -0400, jab at fast.net wrote:
> Scott Ferguson <scottwferg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/23/07, Faber J. Fedor <faber at linuxnj.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Looks okay to me.  My guess is sq.symbol != sp.symbol, IOW, you might
> > > have something like sq.symbol = 'ALU' and sp.symbol = 'ALU  ' or some
> > > other nonprintable character.  Knowing how persnickety PostgreSQL can
> > > be, that'd be the first place I look.
> > 
> > I would agree with this.  The SQL query looks fine to me.
> 
> Gents,
> 
> Fantastic, that was it: trailing spaces.

And that's why we get paid the big bucks. :-)

> btw, Faber:
> 
>   Checking gadgets, it looks like you have to use their SDK to make
>   your own gadgets ... but can you give a brief description of
>   how you run them? I saw a couple financial oriented gadgets
>   on their page, but the download for them was a binary file.
>   Are they simply browser plugins?

No clue.  I was refering to the gadgets already there.  You log in and
go to your customized Google page; they call it iGoogle now.  One of
the gadgets you can add let's you enter your stock tickers, basis price
and it shows you your gain/loss.


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