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Re: Drug Testing....
Art,
Great suggestion! I would read the fortune cookie first... you don't
want to tempt fate when dealing with this particular application...
Tony DeLia
Art DiRamio wrote:
>
> As long as we're having fun and off topic, I have found the containers that
> the soup comes in when you order Chinese food are great for transporting
> animal by products to the vet. . .
>
> - - Art :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony DeLia [mailto:tdelia@EROLS.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 1:54 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> Subject: Re: Drug Testing....
>
> *** 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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Tony DeLia
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PeopleSoft Solutions Practice - Delphi Partners
tdelia@erols.com
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