March 25, 1997

Question: What are the key features of Apple’s Out of this World? Answer: Out of this World from Apple is an extension to VRML based on the 3DMeta File (3DMF)

Question: I went to see one of the new VRML 2.0 sites, but only sawblackness. What is going on? Why won’t my VRML browserwork with the new version? Answer: Just

Question: Please explain Dynamic Worlds. Answer: “The Power of Dynamic Worlds” proposal from the German National Research Center (GMD) is based on an interaction model developed for collaborative distributed virtual

Question: What is the standard SQL-92 syntax for INSERT INTO? Answer: Be sure to check your product documentation for any variations! This is standard syntax, but not all products will

Question: What is the difference between VRML 1.0 and 2.0? Answer: VRML 1.0 worlds are static environments in which you can move around and click on objects to link to

Question: [Joe Celko’s Work Order Puzzle]Cenk Ersoy asked this question on the Gupta Forum on CompuServe. He has a table that looks like this: CREATE TABLE Projects (workorder CHAR(5) NOT

Question: I have a table that consists of numbers stored as characters.How can I sort them in numerical order? I can’t convert thisfield to numeric because some content is alpha

Question: Are wildcards allowed when trying to matchthe contents of a textfield as in the following example? SELECT * FROM Database WHERE textfield = ‘B*’ Answer: Yes, but you’ll need

Question: [Joe Celko’s Tax Problem Puzzle]I got this one from Richard S. Romley, via CompuServe. We were engaged in a debate about Sybase’s old T-SQL versus ANSI/ISO SQL-92. I assume