Month: December 2021

In our databases, we’ll find all kinds of string data. Sometimes, you’ll find a reason to work with alphanumeric data individually in different ways. Let’s go through an example that I worked with recently that is not quite the Norm. Norm! The business unit I work with wanted to categorize a specific group of people…… Continue reading Making Letters Do What Want

The last time we were together, we discussed Making Better Numbers. Hopefully, you took a few minutes to review some of the examples I provided, figure out which ones do and do not make sense to you, and try to figure out some examples on your own. If not, try doing that before reading any…… Continue reading Making Numbers Look Better

In our last post, we discussed fixing dates so that they’re more of what the users expect. In this post, I want to talk about changing numbers. First off, it’s actually a very common thing to change a number from one type to another. For example, I’m often asked to change a decimal into an…… Continue reading Making Better Numbers