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in thread I present to you... Horrible code!

That's some messy programming-by-side-effect there. Sure, calling an external database is already a side-effect, but it's the sort you pretty much have to live with. If the posted code is using such a view, I wouldn't consider it an improvement.

"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.

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