Re: Drug Testing....

[Arshad Pervez <perveza@SX.COM>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sharon Bennett [SMTP:sbennett@SOFTWAREARCH.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 12:39 PM
> To:   Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> Subject:      Re: Drug Testing....
>
> Yes I am agree with Sharon not SQR question
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I for one enjoy the occasional smile while at work. Although I don't post
> to
> this group, I do find the members to be professional and quite frankly
> your
> question was technically not an SQR question.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Discussion of SQR,             SQRIBE Technologies's database
> reporting language [mailto:SQR-USERS@list.iex.net] On Behalf Of Ugandhar
> Mukkamala
> Sent:   Wednesday, July 21, 1999 4:34 PM
> To:     Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> Subject:        Re: Drug Testing....
>
> It seems that there was some confusion related to my question regarding
> third party vendors; please allow me to elaborate.
> I am currently on a project where we require an interface with a third
> party
> vendor for the purposes of drug testing.  Although, technically we can do
> this in-house, the client would like to outsource this module due to its
> sensitive nature.  I am looking for any vendor if there is any available,
> who would be able to chose candidates from the employee population for
> random drug testing.
>
> It is rather unfortunate that in a usergroup created to allow the free
> flow
> of information I received so much invective commentary regarding a benign
> question.  I hope that this time my question elicits responses worth
> reading; only the messages from krisjanis p. gale and Mike J. attempted to
> resolve my question.  It is rather unfortunate that responsible members of
> society behave in such a manner.  I'd like to apologise for any
> inconvenience that I may have caused as well as thank those of you who
> replied with messages that were worth reading.  Thank you.
>
>
>
> I think you've got the wrong user group
>
> Gracen Duffield
> Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
> 475-3839
>
>
> be careful how you word questions like that,
> especially in technical groups like these ;-)
>
> i don't really know of a third-party product that does random selects.
> so here's what you do:  make one.
> just write a keen little SQR script that selects a certain
> number of employees, by randomly selecting from a list of EMPLID's.
> shouldn't prove too difficult.
> if you need a random number generator, i've got one
> written in SQR (my own homebrew), as well as an Oracle Package
> for random number generation (you can select from it using DUAL).
>
> (kris)janis p. gale
> hrsd - federal reserve bank of new york
> x8163
>
> >i don't really know of a third-party product that does random selects.
> >so here's what you do:  make one.
>
>
> Random selects of this type can be a little tricky - for example, do you
> want to exclude someone once they have already been selected? If, by
> chance,
> somebody is selected twice in a row, they may been they are being singled
> out, or their co-workers may come to suspect them of having failed the
> earlier test.
>
> You also may want to log how the selects are done, lest someone accuse the
> operator of the script of just running it repeatedly until the desired
> outcome is reached.
>
> MikeJ
>
> That's funny, Buddy
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Buddy Sandridge [SMTP:Buddy.Sandridge@GEAC.COM]
> >Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 8:58 AM
> >To:   Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> >Subject:      Re: Drug Testing....
> >
> >You know, I had presumed he wanted to have the list tested based on some
> >of the
> >question/responses we get sometimes.... :)
> >
> >Buddy.
>
>
> >From: "Manning, Shinta" <shintamanning@NFISG.COM>
> >Reply-To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
> >To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS <SQR-USERS@list.iex.net>
> >Subject: Re: Drug Testing....
> >Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:50:32 -0500
> >
> >That's funny, Buddy
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Buddy Sandridge [SMTP:Buddy.Sandridge@GEAC.COM]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 8:58 AM
> > > To:   Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> > > Subject:      Re: Drug Testing....
> > >
> > > You know, I had presumed he wanted to have the list tested based on
> some
> > > of the
> > > question/responses we get sometimes.... :)
> > >
> > > Buddy.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > be careful how you word questions like that,
> > > especially in technical groups like these ;-)
> > >
> > > >>> Ugandhar Mukkamala <solvesqr@HOTMAIL.COM> Tuesday, July 20, 1999
> > > 6:08:44 PM
> > > >>>
> > > Can any body tell me about any third party vendor who will do random
> > > selection for drug testing.
>
>
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