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    Question on Machining tolerance on Cast Iron casting.

    I was recently told by our machining department that we could not machine castings to any predictable tolerance because the casting will warp during the machining process. My understanding is that they machine it, then measure it to determine the size of the piston to go inside. Is this true...
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    Oracle Group By, Multiple Groups

    Right, I suspected as much. I thought of the extra column idea but don't really want to do it except as a last resort. I'd rather not change the table structure for this and records get added and moved around in a variety of different ways and there would be headaches involved in making sure...
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    Career Change or Not? Getting into Engineering from Engineering....

    HgTx, I've got a resume book that says the skills based resume template is often eliminated without being read because it's unusual and they figure the candidate is trying to hide something. When I'm around certain types of wheat my lungs fill with fluid and I cannot breathe at all. I do fine...
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    about data base/oracle

    I have read Oracle 8 The complete reference from Oracle Press and it is quite good. I'm now using 9i and still reference this book quite a bit. It is written with beginners in mind so the latest version of this book would be a good place to start.
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    Oracle Group By, Multiple Groups

    Hard to describe what I want to do, here is an example. I have the following data 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 b 6 a 7 a 8 c 9 c I want a group to return a 3 b 2 a 2 c 2 but the Group by function returns as you know a 5 b 2 c 2 I can get the result I want using VB.net by creating a new...
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    Career Change or Not? Getting into Engineering from Engineering....

    VeryPicky, My second degree was in Mechanical Engineering and the masters would be in Mechanical. Milling is far behind me now. I currently write batching programs for Bakeries and Mix plants. jay165, I'm looking at corporate engineering positions for food processing companies(not grain...
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    Career Change or Not? Getting into Engineering from Engineering....

    First off, any advice from engineers would be greatly appreciated. I need to figure out how you guys think. I recently finished a second BS in Mechanical Engineering and passed the FE exam. My first BS was in Milling Science and I spent several years designing flour mills. I went back to...

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