Re: Drug Testing....

[Tony DeLia <tdelia@EROLS.COM>]

*** WARNING - this post may not be worth reading...            ***
*** It may be perceived as vile and not beneficial to society. ***
*** It may also be considered nonsensical and inconvenient.    ***
*** It also is not related to SQR.                             ***

Ugandhar,

   Please do not apologize... your question posed no inconvenience
whatsoever... you'll find that most of the members of this group welcome
an occasional off-topic post... Also as a bystander I failed to see any
invective or damaging remarks... some people enjoy to have a little fun
once in a while... and I am no exception... good luck in your search for
a third-party drug testing interface vendor...

   Tony DeLia

PS - For those who aren't searching for a drug testing vendor but may be
involved with similar drug or health-related tests I have a
suggestion...

If your test is urine based make sure the lid is securely attached to
the container if you are transporting the specimen... you wouldn't want
unsightly spots on the seat of your Ford Explorer or other vehicle...

If you have cats and need to transport samples to the vet's office make
sure you use a zip-loc baggie or other secured container... this
promotes security and freshness...

Above all "Say NO to Drugs"... maybe this post has some value in
society...

I admit this post isn't worth reading (for some) but I myself like an
occasional smile... plus I'm a little bored a the moment... now I'm
ready to continue working!!!



Sharon Bennett wrote:
>
> 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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Tony DeLia
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