I didn’t realise that SQL Developer was actually secret code for data entry monkey.

I’m sick to the back teeth doing data entry work and not getting any actually fucking development to do

If it wasn’t data entry monkey, it could only possibly be data extraction monkey.

@C0D4 haha true, but I can’t even input this data using sql, i have to do it manually line by agonising line.

Basically one of the consultants left at the end of his contract so instead of using me to develop things they’re using me as a data analyst.

@zarathustra I feel bad for you now, I think I would take the sql entry over line by line 😦

@C0D4 well, at least they’re paying me well over the odds for the work they’ve got me doing.

@C0D4 If you only use basic stuff like MySQL or ORM then sure, but there are databases that offer pretty good programming languages and it is possible to rewrite big chunks of backend code (or whole applications/scripts) to be executed SQL server side.

Get something to add, write an sproc.

Get something new to add, write an sproc.

Need a new dataset query on the regular? Write an sproc.

Pretty soon your job is gonna look a lot easier and more interesting.

When i have to enter any amount of data that takes more than 10 minutes, I write a small c# script that does the parsing and the insert.