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NVIDIA's Next Generation ION Announced, Optimus + a 16-core Versionby Jarred Walton on 3/2/2010 12:01 AM EST
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synaesthetic - Friday, March 05, 2010 - linkI thought the major difference nvidia pushed for ION2 was that it would be available on non-Atom platforms (like maybe Intel CULV)...
I guess not. Unimpressive. Reply
wicko - Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - linkI have yet to see the Ion platform really take off here in Canada. At least in netbooks anyway. Most of them come with Intel's GMA series, the only one I've seen with an Ion is an Asus Eee (and an Ion LE in an HP netbook).
I'd be more excited if I could buy the actual product :( Reply
CZroe - Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - linkI don't know why this article speaks as if it will soon be available when it has already been available. For example, many already own the Acer Aspire one 532G. Just look at the AspireOneUser.com forums. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - linkI'm not sure where people are buying the 532G... I can find the 532H all over the place, but not the 532G. Can you link me to a thread? Because I don't see any on the main pages; just an Engadget blog. Reply
anandtech02148 - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linknvidia going up against microsoft& intel ,except for the zuneHd
they hold the netbook standard,its wintel all over again.
maybe apple should use that $40billions &buyout nvidia,
it make senses sinced apple is building their own Soc.
Penti - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkA good Broadcom Crystal HD alternative then, just as I thought a GPU connected on the PCI-E bus. Copy Engine is of course new tech that weren't around when I speculated, but if it's just gonna be used for DXVA then it's pretty moot in the netbook space. In the HTPC space there's other chips that can be used any way as you won't need the copy engine there. But certainly a nice addition making 1080p HDMI possible. Reply
darkhawkff - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkBeing an HP 311 owner, who is extremely happy with the little machine, I fail to really see any value added to both the new Ion, as well as the new Atom CPU's. Granted, the old Ion wasn't exactly a powerhouse, but for what it was it was great. Given the simple fact that (atleast on my HP 311) I was able to attain 2.2 GHz stable overclocks on the Atom N280 processor, it made it possible to (reasonably) play semi-recent games even on it. Testing has shown that at the >2.0 GHz range, the GPU becomes the bottleneck, not the CPU (check out www.myhpmini.com for results). I even use it to play WoW on while I watch a movie or TV. Would I be able to do a 10 man or 25 man raid on it? No, but for questing and doing 5 mans it works quite well. Add in the fact that all the HP 311's hardware (outside of Wireless Lan) is supported by OSX, making it the perfect Mini Mac, how can you really go wrong?
Nvidia is just trying to continue to stay in the Netbook market, and I can't blame them. But I really see very little value added compared to current offerings. Yes, the video card is probably a little bit better, but will a GT210 really be that much better than even a 9400 at this point? I would wager no. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkMy own testing suggests that CULV at 1.3GHz is still a bottleneck for G210M, which is around 60% faster than 9400M because of the dedicated RAM and higher clocks. I doubt that even Atom at 2.2GHz is going to make the NG-ION the bottleneck. As for the original ION, it probably had as much of a bottleneck from the shared memory bandwidth. (Also: few people would recommend running the HP Mini 311 at 2.2GHz; 2.0GHz is where I'd draw the line, and an extra 10% in CPU clock with a much greater risk of system damage is pretty extreme.)
So take ION, get rid of battery life limitations, and make it 50 to 100% faster. Yes, the new ION is clearly better than the old version in quite a few ways. Is it universally better? No, because Optimus has a few minor drawbacks: Win7 required--but we would all run that regardless, right?--and there's simplicity in not having to transfer data between GPU RAM and system RAM.
Finally, comparing an overclocked HP Mini 311 to what you would get from a stock NG-ION is setting up a straw man. Of course an overclocked ION/Atom are going to be faster (or at least equal), but you'll also be able to overclock NG-ION. We'll see how it all works out when we get actual hardware. Reply
jimhsu - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkAssuming I read your post right, I also agree that the Atom remains the bottleneck .. ION and ION 2 remain fundamentally CPU limited. Is there anything other than cost preventing the complete abandonment of Atom and replacement with CULV? Reply
jimhsu - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkI commented on that mostly because I've personally used netbooks with Atom and find the performance completely unacceptable, even comparing with 5 year old desktops. When "simple" tasks like launching Word or Firefox become CPU limited operations (CPU pegged at 100%), it brings back unpleasant memories from the last decade. Resuming from sleep takes half a minute for the computer to be usable again. Etc, etc. Reply
erple2 - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkTo be fair, launching FireFox on my Ubuntu 9.10 desktop (a P4 2.53 GHz, 768MB computer with a 9800Pro gfx card) also pegs the CPU at 100%... Maybe that desktop CPU is more than 5 years old? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkThe only thing preventing people from using CULV instead of Atom is cost, and as you may have guessed from my last article on the subject (CULV Roundup: Who Needs Atom?) I'm all for skipping Atom and getting CULV instead. If you need graphics, then you go with CULV+G210M with stuff like the ASUS UL series. I also find Atom to be painfully slow, but I suppose I'm more demanding of my PC than a lot of users. Reply
damianrobertjones - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkAccording to apple the Netbook is set to fail? Then we get a graph stating that a high number of people actually use and like Netbooks?
Should we believe the trend or listen to a guy that will sell you ANYTHING at a higher than normal price?
kevinqian - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkThere seems to be an influx of new Core i3/i5 laptops coming in at around $500-600 mark. Granted, they are 15.6" and larger LCD. At that price, it essentially prices out CULV laptops selling at similar prices. So $400 gets you an ION netbook and $500 gets you a full blown Core i3 laptop. Did someone at Intel screw up their market segmentation? Reply
Lonyo - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkHow did Intel screw up market segmentation?
NV are the ones screwing up by adding cost to what should be an inexpensive platform.
$400 for an ION netbook isn't $400 for a netbook, and it has nothing to do with Intel. In fact, the less ION the better for them. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkAtom = $300 to $400 with long battery life and low performance
CULV = $500 to $600 with long battery life and three times the performance of Atom
Core i3/i5 = $500 to $1000 (or more) with less than half the battery life of CULV but more than twice the performance.
When Core i3/i5 CULV arrives, I expect it won't be significantly faster than current CULV... maybe 25% faster (at most 75% in certain scenarios)? So that's the market segmentation Intel is going for, more or less. Reply
kevinqian - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkSo it comes down to pick your poison at the $500-600 price point. Do you want fast performance with a larger display or slower performance and more portability. I guess if you want both (performance and portability), you gotta step up to a future MBP or Lenovo T4xxs. Reply
Penti - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkAtom should mostly move back into the embedded space now. It's great for that.
CULV is great for consumers especially ones flash gets official hw acceleration. There's no CULV that can't be accelerated, no confusion. Atom with Broadcom or ION and W7HP will cost 400-450 and the costumers must make an active choice. Reply
AmdInside - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkI think the technology is just too advanced to just throw it out there for all desktops. Look at how long it has taken NVIDIA to get from their first Hybrid to Optimus. Notebooks and OEM systems are more controlled environments. I personally would not want to see it in a desktop because it would just be another feature that can fail to work properly. ATI and NVIDIA have gotten pretty good at reducing power requirements when the GPU is not doing much. I think overtime they will get even better, especially when you see how little power Tegra consumes. Reply
Doormat - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkOne of the rumors about the ION was Nvidia was recommending OCing the PCIe link in the netbook. An extra 10% gets 275MB/s.
Also, the whole "no other OSes" line was really depressing. Reply
teohhanhui - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkSo they have a good tech and they're saying desktop users can't get it? :( Reply
beginner99 - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkyep strange. One would assume that if it's only in the drivers there is no additional cost to also make it available for desktops.
Meaning this looks like this optimus thing must have some kind of downside (additional hardware, slower performance, worse image quality?). Nothing is for free...
Optimus would also be nice for desktops with the new i3/i5 dual-cores. You could have a decent gaming performance and low power usage if you are not gaming.
ChuckDriver - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkNvidia probably doesn't want to allocate resources to validate a feature on a platform where it would add little value. I think Optimus GPUs also have a region of silicon called the "Copy Engine" that copies the contents of the Nvidia framebuffer to the Intel framebuffer. Nvidia might not include that on the desktop GPUs or disable it in the BIOS if present. These are my opinions, I don't have any documentation to back them up. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkTo my knowledge, all 40nm G200/G300 parts have the Copy Engine... but it may not be on desktop chips. Anyway, NVIDIA's statements to me indicate that they just don't see it as critical on the desktop. If you can idle at around 20W, and you can use the GPU for other tasks, desktops may as well keep the GPU live at all times. (And if you're running a lower end GPU, idle power is probably under 10W.) Also, you would need to have all of the video output functions come off the IGP, and there are a lot of IGP motherboards where you are limited. How many would fully support HDMI with Optimus at 1080p? I don't know for sure.
I still think they'll release Optimus for desktops at some point, but they don't want to spill the beans beforehand. It will probably be limited, i.e. something like "Core i3/i5 and later IGP required" to reduce the amount of validation. Honestly, though, until the notebook drivers are in lock step with the desktop drivers and all of the various bugs are worked out, Optimus can remain a mobile-only solution. Reply
Penti - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkNothing is stopping anyone to use mobile parts on desktops though.
PS. Sorry for accidentally hitting the report post link =P Reply
ltcommanderdata - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkNVIDIA informs us that there are currently no plans for Optimus on desktops or on other OSes.
With nVidia so adamant about Optimus not coming to other OSs can we imply that Optimus won't be coming to the next MacBook Pro refresh as rumoured and that this new 40nm Ion won't serve as a replacement for the 9400M in Apple computers?
Any word on the TDP of this new Ion? I'm guessing it'll have to be quite a bit lower than other low-end discrete nVidia GPUs like the 305M/310M to make it worthwhile.
In terms of how the new Ion is achieving enough PCIe bandwidth, could nVidia be implementing their PCIe link such that they can gang the transmit and receive pairs? I'm assuming peak bandwidth is mainly needed for uplink back to the chipset, so ganging the differential pair together can double bandwidth to the required 500MB/s. Reply
AmdInside - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkGiven that Apple has used their own Hybrid technology on their Macbooks so far, I am not the least bit surprised they were not interested in Optimus.
I personally was at first turned off by Optimus because I thought the display engine had the same limitations of the Intel GPU (I want 1080p HDMI output from a netbook) but I see this is not the case. Thank goodness. I also see there will be a 10" ION 2 which is what I've longed for since the first ION was introduced. Finally a netbook that I can carry everywhere I go including the gym and use like a portable video player. It's March. Where can I buy the Acer Aspire One 532G? Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkNVIDIA tells us mid to late March for these systems to show up at retail. Reply
yyrkoon - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkThere is a lot to think about here. But when thinking about it, you're still forced to realize this this is still going to be in an atom platform. A platform that will no doubt be over priced( maybe even more than an entry level laptop ), use barely less power than an entry level laptop, and provide far less performance.
I am seeing a pattern here, one that I have seen emerge in the past, when other companies ( some even far larger ) went belly up, or lost a huge portion of the PC/Portable computer market.
They have to have the know how, and they definitely have the backing. Is there something wrong with mixing this technology with an ARM processor, or just make a new class of a netbook that uses low powered ( other ) mobile processors. Be it in a netbook, or a nettop ? Oh right. The biggest gaming OS would be Windows . . . and they expect that of an atom CPU no less. . . Yeah right.
Yeah, I do not know. They are either mired in legality issues, or their creative side is no longer very creative. Who knows. Maybe some day they'll wise up and see the bigger picture. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkNVIDIA is still pushing the idea of moving more work to the GPU side of things and taking away from what the CPU needs to handle. This obviously works very well for certain tasks (e.g. video decoding, encoding, etc.) but doesn't help in other areas.
But, remember when a 1.0GHz Pentium 3 was super fast? Atom is still a step up from there, so with the correct software solutions Atom + ION is viable for a lot of things. Running standard Windows games with no extra work done on optimization? Not so much.
As for Apple, even when they did switchable graphics you had to log off and log back in, and the "high-end" graphics in MacBook Pro is a rather anemic 9600M. Not that NVIDIA has had much better without moving to power hungry parts, but 32 SPs is nothing to write home about. I always thought it was odd that MBP had 9400M and 9600M... sure, it's twice as fast, but still a far cry from modern desktops.
Anyway, if NVIDIA ever does port Optimus to OS X (which despite their statements to the contrary seems like it will happen at some point), Linux would probably not be too far behind. Reply
yyrkoon - Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - linkOne of the things that gets me, is that they will not / can not port this technology to the desktop. Would it not be great to have switchable switchable graphics on a low powered IGP platform, and then get a boost when you need / want it ? But nvidia still drives up the power required to use parts on the desktop.
But, let me backup a minute. Would it not be nice to have a mobile part in a desktop for max efficiency ? Let say, something like the equivalent of the 250M, with very low power usage, but very good performance for the power usage statistics ? I am thinking ~35-40W max under load.
Even the 7600GT for its time, could not beat these power usage numbers, and for a single monitor at around 1440x900, it did not do terrible performance wise. That, and the 7600GT was one of the most power thrifty discrete cards offered for the desktop, that gave decent performance at or around this resolution. AM I wrong in thinking the 250M GPU could trump the 7600GT in both of these areas ? If I am, then I am sure there is something that *can*.
Also, look, I am pro Microsoft. I really like Windows 7, especially the 64-bit variant of Ultimate. It runs really nicely on "cheap" laptop with only a T3400 CPU, but with 4GB of memory. Anyways, what is up with nvidia and their "nothing but Windows" stance on this. While again, is there something wrong with the other hardware available to make better use of this current technology ? ARM comes to mind. As well as even a different CPU produced by Intel, or even AMD.
Maybe the above is moot, because there is already something to fill those gaps, or they do not want to compete with themselves because of the new emerging hardware ( based on ARM was it ? ) they seem to have announced recently. I really do not know the whole story, but it does seem rather short sighted to me that they would limit this hardware to a single software platform. No matter which is is. Give your customer the freedom while using your hardware, and perhaps they will respond in kind by buying your hardware to begin with( and all that ). Reply
Penti - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkTwice as fast? What are you on?
It's game-able with 9600M it's not really game-able with Integrated 9400M. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - linkOkay, so it's "over twice as fast". It's still not a performance part. 3DMark isn't usually the best source of data for true performance. Looking to actual games, 9600M typically scores around 2 to 3 times as high as 9400M. The 9400M achieves playable frame rates at minimum details and 800x600 in nearly all games, but only about half are playable at 1366x768. Something like a 9600M is playable in all titles at 1366x768. It's still pretty anemic compared to a $100 desktop card, or a 9800M part. Reply
Penti - Wednesday, March 03, 2010 - linkI was looking at the games (which is included in most reviews/benchmarks at that site).
9400M does fairly well on a high-speed cpu though I'll give you that. But it's still a pain to run most games.
Dedicated memory helps, I wonder if the NG-ION will be helped by it. Looks like it will be pretty low bandwidth. 9600M is old of course. But not much else has been available. Of course I'd rather see say a Mobility HD5650. But that's still only comparable in performance to a 9800M GS. They fit the power envelope though. But that won't happen till they move to Core i lappys for Apples part. But of course even the difference of 9400M and 9600M can be felt as enormous. You don't really need to be able to play at higher resolutions then the lappy screen either way. I do agree that it's pretty anemic any way though, especially for the 17" MacBook Pro, but then again it's not a gaming computer. It's not the same as desktop where you need to game at around 1920x1200 and has screens upto 2560x1440. Being able to play at all is pretty good on a laptop. Reply


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In my database is a table consisting of job results that I would like to compile and display. The user will have 2 options for the displayed report, with and without details. So the query will pull all the rows from the table, combine all the values for a particular company name and display the company name as well as the various totals for other columns all combined for the non-detailed report.
If they choose the detailed report I would like to insert more rows between each company name with the per job results.
Here are some examples (the numbers may not be accurate, this is just to give an idea of the results I am wanting):
Non-Detailed report:[table="width: 500, class: grid, align: right"][tr] [td]Company Name[/td] [td]Job Amount[/td] [td]Labor[/td] [td]Materials[/td] [td]Balance[/td][/tr][tr] [td]ACME[/td] [td]$20,000[/td] [td]$5,000[/td] [td]$4,000[/td] [td]$11,000[/td][/tr][tr] [td]Farming LLC[/td] [td]$15,000[/td] [td]$6,000[/td] [td]$7,000[/td] [td]$2,000[/td][/tr][tr] [td]WidgetCo[/td] [td]$10,000[/td] [td]$2,000[/td] [td]$4,000[/td] [td]$4,000[/td][/tr][/table]
Detailed report:[table="width: 500, class: grid, align: right"][tr] [td]Company Name[/td] [td]Job Amount[/td] [td]Labor[/td] [td]Materials[/td] [td]Balance[/td][/tr][tr] [td]ACME[/td] [td]$20,000[/td] [td]$5,000[/td] [td]$4,000[/td] [td]$11,000[/td][/tr][tr] [td]31001 - JobDescription[/td] [td]$4,000[/td] [td]$1,000[/td] [td]$500[/td] [td]$2,500[/td][/tr][tr] [td]31293 - JobDescription[/td] [td]$6,000[/td] [td]$2,000[/td] [td]$2,00[/td] [td]$2,000[/td][/tr][tr] [td]31547 - JobDescription[/td] [td]$10,000[/td] [td]$2,000[/td] [td]$1,500[/td] [td]$6,500[/td][/tr][tr] [td]Farming LLC[/td] [td]$15,000[/td] [td]$6,000[/td] [td]$7,000[/td] [td]$2,000[/td][/tr][tr] [td]31228 - JobDescription[/td] [td]$15,000[/td] [td]$6,000[/td] [td]$7,000[/td] [td]$2,000[/td][/tr][tr] [td]WidgetCo[/td] [td]$10,000[/td] [td]$2,000[/td] [td]$4,000[/td] [td]$4,000[/td][/tr][tr] [td]31179 - JobDescription[/td] [td]$3,500[/td] [td]$1,250[/td] [td]$1,500[/td] [td]$750[/td][/tr][tr] [td]31473 - JobDescription[/td] [td]$6,500[/td] [td]$750[/td] [td]$2,500[/td] [td]$3,250[/td][/tr][/table]
Can someone suggest how best to build the MySQL queries to pull this data, and I'm also not exactly sure of the best method to store it (array(s) or whatever) to ease iteration through the results when constructing the HTML page for the end user.
Thanks in advance for any guidance anyone can offer.
I am not an SQL expert, but it would seem logical to use aggregates and groupings in your statement. For example:
sum(job_amount) as job_amount_sum,
sum(labor_amount) as labor_amount_sum,
sum(material_amount) as material_amount_sum,
sum(balance_amount) as balance_amount_sum
group by
order by
NOTE: these may not be entirely accurate, it's just a rough estimation.
Then simply adjust your loop, based on whether or not the detail is requested, displaying either company_name or job_description in the first column.
This should get everything at once though. There are more efficient ways. For example, using ajax/jquery, you can start with a smaller set, and expand only the company you want by requesting the detail for that company only, and updating the html client-side. But that is beyond the scope of your question.
I'd also wait for a proper DBA to say whether my query sample is even viable.
Can you provide sample data from your table? I'm hoping that there is a separate table for your job descriptions..
Below is a snippet of a few lines of the database table used. This is a temp table where these details are compiled to from multiple other tables. Such as there is a Labor table, Materials table, etc. The code that populates this table upon the request of this report retrieves pertinent data from each of those tables and adds it where appropriate to this one. Altogether there are 4 temporary tables (a couple for labor (with different factors adjusting the values), one for materials, then this one. The final report is fed off this table however and all the info needed to display on the report is available here.
The only step that gets added, is in the basic (non-details) report, all the rows for the same company are added together to give JUST that companies overall status, if the end user would like details they can request the full report. I do like Serenarules suggestion of making it more dynamic with the user expanding that data per company if desired. I would need to add in an "Expand/Collapse All" feature, and need to go dig through some javascript/jquery books on how to put that together.
jobnum,company,description,startdate,amount,indcost,truelabor,materials,balance10886,Acurate Systems, Inc.,Tool Number 151534,2011-11-04,3280,831.6096064608131,1152.62206525,1140,010054,Barque Corp,Container Tool,2011-01-21,5200,1318.40547365739,1455.7046285,829.34,010031,Cartec,43MM Right 57-40,2011-01-12,6500,1648.00684207173,4096.1760365,885.53,010032,Duo Tech,52MM Left 15-44,2011-01-12,6500,1648.00684207173,3436.05348075,75.9,010291,Duo Tech,15-23, 28MM Incremental Tool,2011-05-05,30000,7606.18542494646,7389.738895,3985.19,0
Is 'description' a tool or action performed at the job site? It looks like there should be multiple entries per job number? Is this correct?
EDIT: It almost seems like you are pulling this data from a query rather than a table. It seems like it starts to pull each individual task performed, but then calculated fields from all of those tasks, which should not be in the table..
There should be only a single line per job number as that is the "parent" group of a particular task being performed (only grouping that goes higher than that is multiple jobs in process for the same customer.
Basically each row of my sample tells you this:
jobnum = The Job Number assigned to this projectcompany = Who the customer is for this jobdescription = A "user friendly" description of this job (may include part numbers)startdate = The date a purchase order was issued from the customer for this jobamount = The amount the job was agreed to be completed forindcost = Indirect costs associated with this job (utilities, clerical staff, etc) based on formula's created by the owner of the businesstruelabor = Actual costs of labor (this is a machine shop, so there are true labor fees and "shop" labor fees that include the machinery costs, etc)materials = Items pruchased specifically to complete this job such as raw metal, special cutting tools, etcbalance = Sum up indcost, truelabor, and materials then subtract it from amount to get an idea of whether this job was bid properly
indcost, truelabor, and materials are all compiled into this table from other sources, queries are run against those tables that pertain to each specific job number and then summed up into this table. The detailed descriptions for each of those is handled in other reports, this report is strictly a company wide, all active jobs, synopsis for upper management to view and keep an eye on how things are running throughout the company.
I have a feeling that the balance column can be removed from this table as the balances are calculated as the report is generated (a balance per/job as well as an overall customer balance). I suppose this could be handled in the mysql level of the app, but currently it is done as the report is generated.
Let me know if that didn't give better clarification. Thanks for the input, it is all allowing me to view this from different angles I wouldn't have thought of previously and that is always a valuable thing to have on your side. You start looking at code like this, determined in your head that you know how it should be functioning, getting that "head-slap" to get you to rethink it is something I highly value (and actually look forward to when posting to Sitepoints forums!)
Ok, so I was thinking this was a construction type of app, not a machinery shop. So basically your logging in any items that have been ordered to be "machined". If so this looks like a text book... text book DB design example... I do believe there should be a significant redesign to the table structure here, but let me know if my assumption is correct.
Is this the original table that the order is placed into or is that pulled off another source as well?
This isn't necessarily an order tracking type of system, it's an internal system to monitor the overall project. As stated earlier this table is simply a temp table where the data is aggregated from various other tables to prepare it for the final report output.
In that case you should be looking to dump this 'temp' table and build a single query right from the original source(s). Can you supply a quick relational diagram?
So are you saying that the sql statements are fine, you get all the data you want, its just a matter of replicating the extra massaging / formatting that Java was previously doing and display it as an HTML table?
That will take a little time, this table is built from 3 other tables (all temp) that are created using 4 different queries to aggregate the appropriate data from acros the rest of the database structure. I'll have to put all of that into something that is more precise than my current scattered notes and snippets of old code. Let me see if I can write the entire report in pseudo-code (actually probably should have done this awhile ago) and then I can post it for feedback.
Yes Cups, that is correct, I have already re-written the java part of the script that built the data tables and the data they contain is exactly what we want, what my original question was regarding was what others thoughts were on how to present that data to the end user. There will be 2 versions, 1 with JUST a by company list, if a company has 3 jobs in the shop those 3 jobs data are presented in a single line under the companies name, but if the user wants to see more specifically how work is flowing job by job through the shop, they can request the "detailed" report that still shows the customer totals row, but then right below it has a per job breakdown (each job in it's own row).
I like the previous suggestion of using some ajax/jquery to allow them to show/hide those details in the final report (currently there is a checkbox where they set the report parameters for basic or detailed report). Doing it this way would allow them to see only 1 customers details if they so desired whereas the current design is an all or nothing. I would need to add some options for expand/collapse all, but figure that would be a fairly straightforward addition.
After looking back on this and I understand a little morewhats going on, I SUPPOSE you can achieve you desired result from your temp table already made... Not best practice though, IMO.
Non detailed:
sum(job_amount) as job_amount_sum,
sum(labor_amount) as labor_amount_sum,
sum(material_amount) as material_amount_sum,
sum(balance_amount) as balance_amount_sum
group by
order by company asc
concat(jobnum, ' - ', description),
sum(job_amount) as job_amount_sum,
sum(labor_amount) as labor_amount_sum,
sum(material_amount) as material_amount_sum,
sum(balance_amount) as balance_amount_sum
group by
concat(jobnum, ' - ', description),
order by company asc
To use the detail view you can simply use something like excel to make a pivot table using company name... or get into a simple PHP iteration to display results in your desired fashion. NOTE: this will sum() up records with the same jobnum, ensure you dont have duplicate jobnums. If there are no duplicate jobnums, you can remove all aggregate functions from the second query.
Personally I'd leave the Ajax side of things till later ditto the hide/show rollups etc.
Just get the data in a straight html tables for now.
So we will take for granted that you have all the data request / transfer tied up and it gets you the data you want.
You seem to say you have 3 main tasks:
Those first 2 could actually be the same query, you'd simply grab the all jobs summaries from the resulting array.
However that could involve moving a lot of extra unnecessary data, but you can go back and deal with that later.
What are you using to get the data out?Which notation are you using to access this data? Arrays $row['name'] or Objects $row->name
How about you show us the result of say, a few rows of the data from your database, and show that as the result of:
echo var_export($results, 1);
rather than the usual
Where $results is an array of rows, a result set with some subtasks would be nice, along with a job that has no subtasks (or do they all have a minimum of 1 subtask?)
There will only be 2 main tasks:
1) Show All Jobs summaries2) Show All Jobs summaries along with their subtasks
There is a different report for an individual job (where they can get details of HOW labor and materials costs have accrued).
Currently using Arrays $row[name] but am considering switching to Objects, though that would require another rewrite of some sections, but I can probably mix and match some of it and make the rest of the conversions at a later time. I'm more familiar with the Arrays, though I recognize the improved capabilities of using Objects and am going through some of the Sitepoint books to get me more up to speed on them.
I can't quite provide output just yet, still putting together some of the other parts that lead up to outputting the final results, was just trying to get a little ahead of the game as I realized I was not completely clear on how I was going to handle the display of the results to the end user.


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When you had a long holiday did you check your email? Or rather, how many times did you check your email each day? When the FT's Lucy Kellaway suggested in an advice column that people should stay in touch with the office while vacationing, a significant number of readers – amid the howls of protest – agreed this was now simply the reality of life. A recent study by TeamViewer found that 38 per cent of Americans read work-related emails while on holiday.
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25 Things About Justin Timberlake
Everything you ever wanted to know about the boy band singer turned actor, starring in this month's flick, "Bad Teacher."
-Carolyn Gregoire
From singing and dancing in the Mickey Mouse Club to making boy band history as a member of *NSYNC, to becoming a major Hollywood mogul with a thriving solo music career, starring roles in upcoming films Friends with Benefits and Bad Teacher, his own clothing line, restaurants, and, yes, even his own brand of tequila, listing Justin Timberlake's many accolades is a seemingly endless task. Seriously—we're not even going to try. But here are 25 fun facts you may not know about the curly-haired southern boy who brought sexy back and took Hollywood by storm.
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1. He does a full-on dry-humping scene with ex-girlfriend Cameron Diaz for his role in Bad Teacher. (Can you say awkward?) And according to Diaz, he not only did an awesome job but also made her feel totally comfortable. JT gets a gold star in our book for pulling that off with grace.
2. His childhood nickname was Curly. So cute!
3. When he was just a little curly-haired nugget from Tennessee, Justin's mother entered him in talent contests where he sang country music and danced. At age 10, he was given the honor of singing before a crowd at the Grand Ole Opry.
4. Timberlake was raised Baptist (his grandfather was a Baptist minister), but he now considers himself to be more "spiritual than religious."
5. He's on Simon Cowell's s*** list. In a 2004 interview with People Magazine, the American Idol judge described Timberlake as "some white kid who's tried to act black over the last several years." Six Grammy awards and two Emmy's later, guess who's eating their words now?
6. He made boy band history. In March 2000, 'N Sync's second album, No Strings Attached, sold 2.4 million copies sold in its first week, making it the fastest-selling album of all time.
7. Speaking of Simon… Timberlake—along with Chris Isaak, Shania Twain and Elton John—was on American Idol producer Simon Fuller's short list to replace Cowell on the judge's panel after he left the show in 2010.
8. And speaking of Elton John… JT played a young Elton John in the music video for John's "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore."
9. Justin and his close friend and business partner, Trace Ayala launched their new clothing line, William Rast, in 2006. The line was inspired by Timberlake's admiration for his grandfather's fashion sense—as a tribute to their stylish grandpas, the name "William Rast" is a combination of their grandfathers' names.
10. His hit single, "What Goes Around…/… Comes Back Around," is said to have been written about Ayala's break-up with actress Elisha Cuthbert.


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SWINDON Panthers topped the regular season league after a crushing victory over Gosport at the Link Centre.
Panther racked up 11 unanswered goals against a visiting side who came short-handed, with only 10 skaters and a plan to frustrate their hosts.
The plan worked in the first period as Panthers were held to just a two-goal lead, goals coming from Robin Davison at 13.10, assisted by Gareth Endicott.
The second came on a Gosport power-play, with Rob Croucher in the box, as Panthers' Ian Richards combined with Kenny Redmond to score a much-needed second of the night.
The second period started with Panthers still on the front foot and Gosport putting everything behind the play to try and looking for the break.
This backfired when a Panthers were awarded with a penalty shot after Scott Gough broke free on goal and was fouled. The veteran Gough despatched the penalty shot into the top corner taking the score to 3-0.
At this point the game started to turn in Swindon's favour as the Davison, Endicott, Croucher line started to click and a fourth goal came at 28.08 from Endicott, assisted by Davison and Croucher.
On the same shift a lovely individual goal at 29.11 was tucked away on the backhand from Davison. Paul Wojciak followed that up shortly after with the seventh goal of the game, assisted by Gary Loveday to close out the second period.
Third period was all about seeing the game out with a view to get the Panthers goalie a shut-out.
A further goal came from a Rob Croucher tap-in, after some controlled paly round the net at the 52.01. Then Endicott added a ninth, assisted again by Davison and four minutes later the same combination resulted in Endicott securng his hat-trick The final goal of the game came from a fierce slap shot by Richards with netminder Jamie Thompson having a hand in the assist, a rare and welcome addition to his shut-out.
Panthers now face the Gosport again side on Saturday for the first play-off game at the Link Centre before travelling to Gosport on Sunday as the Swindon side attempt to make finals day on the August 10 on home ice.


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I packed little jars of my spiced salts and decorated the lids with nice decorative paper, labels and ribbons. Aren't they cute?One of my favorite creations turned out to be a citrusy, slightly spicy Tuscan-style blend. Last night I rubbed some on a boneless pork loin about 2 hours before roasting it in a 450 degree oven , and it was pretty darn good – juicy and tender.
Makes about one cup
1/4 cup kosher salt
1 tablespoon coarse sugar, such as Demerara or turbinado
1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
1/4 cup Tellicherry peppercorns
2 tablespoons each fennel and coriander seed
2 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon dried minced lemon peel
Put the salt, sugar and red pepper flakes in a medium bowl. Put the remaining ingredients in a small electric spice grinder or mini food processor and pulse until coarsely ground. Dump into the bowl with the salt, and mix until evenly blended. Use about 1 tablespoon per pound of pork, chicken, or beef.


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RELEGATED Bournemouth might have received a second-half battering from Ampthill & District – but only after they had given the promotion chasers a mighty scare.
Lions shipped nine tries during their 61-23 reverse at Chapel Gate yesterday but the visitors didn't have it all their own way as converted tries from Tommy Booth and Scott Chislett in the opening 15 minutes threatened to upset the apple cart.
The second-placed Bedfordshire outfit knew victory would put them in pole position for the solitary play-off spot in National Two South and responded with three efforts of their own to take a six-point lead into half-time.
Jack Metters's second successful penalty of the game reduced the arrears just after the restart but any hopes of an unlikely victory were soon quashed as Elliot Clements-Hill completed a hat-trick of tries on an afternoon where he racked up 31 points.
One bright note for Lions was the first XI debut of youngster Ben Meaden, who replaced Wyn Roberts 12 minutes into the second half.
Lions: Lynch, Roberts (Meaden, 52), Sutherland, Chislett, Stewart, Metters, Hardcastle, Spikings (Khamoian, 12, Hennings, h-t), Manning, Firetto, Rees, Fuller (Scott, 57), Hart, Vaughan-Edwards, Booth (Fulljames, 66).


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Nice looking phone but has any one else noticed the 2 color option is the same as apple's iPhone...
Would you like that in black or white??
I will give you one about the notification "drop" only, but their system of notification transmission is completely unique and not ripped off. Meanwhile, Samsung just directly, not only copies the UI, but the whole system as well.
Edit: Also I am guessing you don't know that Siri was not created by Apple, but rather OBTAINED. They are the ones developing everything now, with proper patents and rights to the technology.
ya siri, although gimicy at this point is fairly original in functionality, S-Voice is a rip off. And they mean it is a successor to the Nexus because it is the next phone smasung made to compete in the iPhone space. Also, is it just me, or is this phone REALLY ugly?
I preordered mine today.
*sigh* apple is like the Miami Heat (basketball team) they win but they're a bunch of crying annoying bittccchhessss!!!!!
Actually the GSIII is my upgrade phone in mind when my upgrade comes in October. Also about ripping off, Apple's ripped off features that Android uses. Also no offense, but I personally find Android as a more friendly to use as iOS jailed aggravates me. Here are a few things that Apple has now that Android always had.
Notification Dropdown
iPhone- iOS 5 as Notification Center
Android- Since release
iPhone- iOS 5 but they suck
Android- Release and are actually useful and can have widgets other than Weather and Stocks
iPhone- iOS 4 (easier to close apps than Android)
Android- Release but closing apps is a pain
Also one last thing I have to say is the GSIII and the iPhone look NOTHING alike. Maybe the only similarity is that they are both available in both black and white
Actually it's blue & white. No black! yay!!Maybe the only similarity is that they are both available in both black and white
All this proves is Apple have more money than sense and they are scared that there is another device that is better than the iPhone and instead of making a better product they prefer to kill off the competition.
NOT the smart way to do business and this just proves Apple aren't smart.
Siri uses Nuance speech processing technology on the front end to recognize and capture speech "utterances." (As an aside, Nuance has its own "assistant" in the form of the app Dragon Go!) Siri's "secret sauce" involves its capacity to understand your question in a natural speech form rather than relying on keywords or rigid protocols to initiate specific actions. Google's technology was developed in house and is somewhat more rigid than Siri. It requires certain key phrases or words to invoke particular actions.
Siri Has "Personality"
What Siri offers that is not equally true for Google Voice Actions or Nuance's Dragon Go! is broad and deep integration into the phone and a more conversational style of interaction. This is subtle but meaningful in comparing the experiences of using Siri and Google Voice Actions. Siri has personality whereas Google Voice Actions does not. Siri is also generally more intuitive. In terms of most features, however, Google Voice Actions and Siri are fairly comparable — though Siri does more things.
Head To Head: Siri Vs. Google Voice Actions
That was just some of the descriptions, there are several other things you can read about. Samsung is copying the speech processing technology and the "personality" of it, and deeply integrating it into the phone.
They probably feel threatened that they're releasing the GS3 sooner than the new iPhone and people might just go for the sammy. Personally I prefer my 4S and wait for the new iPhone but I agree with some viewers that they feel threatened but it's apple's fault. They decided to wait till almost the end of the year to release a new device. I guess now they have to face the consequences. Although I know why they wait till fall now. The holidays so in the meantime let the galaxy s take the spotlight.


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John Tortorella:
On what he wanted to see tonight:
"I think we got a little bit of our personality back, and the style that we wanted to play. To score a goal, I thought Ward was outstanding. The good thing about our club, we didn't get frustrated. We didn't turn things over. We didn't try to force the issue. Just stayed within the style of game we needed to play."
"I wasn't surprised. I think we've been a pretty patient team in those situations all year long: Third periods this year, even down a goal, we haven't opened up. And we just stayed with it. I think that's been a big positive this year with our club. I thought our start tonight was better, although we end up taking a couple of penalties that takes a little momentum away from us. But, even when we got to the overtime; we got the point and I was on the bench thinking to myself, 'That's the way we have to play.' And then we find a way to get the extra point."
Asked if anybody else could score that goal Zuccarello scored:
"I don't know. Did it go straight up? Did it deflect? Good for him. And you know what I liked, and I like looking at these things on tape, it wasn't an individual celebration. He got excited but then looked right to the bench. He's a likeable kid. I don't know where it all settles here as we get through, but good for him. It must be exciting for him.
"You hope he scores another one. He's a confident kid. He understands. He asks the right questions. He minds his own business and goes about it, and is learning to be a pro in North America. I don't think he lacks confidence. Creative people, they need that. But he should feel good about it. It's obviously a huge two points for us, and it's a big goal by him."
On the young guys fitting in so well:
"I think the young guys that have been here are just maturing. Look at Dubinsky. You know? He's hard, he makes a huge play on that goal as far as just not giving in. He's been hard on the boards, and I don't want to just single him out, but all of our kids are maturing. It think when you bring up a Zuccarello and players like that who have come up here, I think the American League coaches have done a pretty good job in their conditioning, because I think they're in really good shape. It's been as seamless as it can be as far as callups coming through here."
On Gilroy:
"He didn't piss and moan. He stayed within himself. He practiced hard. When he got the opportunity, he played good games. Nothing extraordinary, but played steady. Has shown us he's working in the defensive part of the game. You can see his confidence in his pinching. So he just stayed with it. He was aggravated that he wasn't playing, as any pro should be, but he just kept himself ready. Remember, the times I sat him out, and I always say this, he wasn't that bad a player. We just decided the other six were better. That's a decision we made and now Gilly has kind of swung that a bit. Good for him. He's playing with the right type of arrogance."
On Avery playing even in the late stages of a 1-0 and 1-1 game:
"Well, I thought early on Sean was on. And I switched. I put Sean up with Artie and Gabby and I moved (Frolov) down — not that Fro did anything wrong, but i just wanted to switch that. We're asking for forechecking out of Sean and we got that early on. He made a couple of good plays, so we stayed with it. I thought it was one of his better games in a while."
On the first half of the season:
"As I talked before the game we're going to have to be a better team. We're going to have to work on the details because the games are going to be tougher. Again, I think we're in the right direction. I know we're in the right direction. But there's a fine line between winning and losing hockey games, no matter what's going on with your club — and I'm really excited about a lot of things going on with this team — there's a fine line between winning and losing, and that comes down to details.
"I'll just give you an example. Brian Boyle's line plays a helluva game against (Eric) Staal's line. I mean, that Staal's an animal. He is one helluva player, and I thought they played really stiff against them. One mistake, losing the center on a lost draw, a basic thing, ties the game. Those are things we're going to have to continue to work at. We can't afford to make that mistake, and I'm not trying to criticize Brian, because he played a really good game. But that's where we are, and that's what happens the second half of the year — the small things. So we have to continue to work at that and remain with our personality as a team and that's what we were tonight, and be consistent with it."
On the Eminger play to break up the 3-on-1.
"It's a huge play. We didn't give up too many odd-man rushes, but that was a doozy. And he makes a great play. It's hard to teach that. He filled a lot of ice and made a great play there. Details? A big play, a fine line of a good defensive play vs. an offensive play, that's what's going to win games in the second half. So we need to try to keep our concentration there."


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Sana Shah participated in NFTE's World Series of Innovation, and her team went on to win their category. The following is a short summary of how NFTE's programs are inspiring students to engage with their school work and innovate.
"I realize that AP is preparing me for more exciting endeavors such as Computer Programming 3 (CP3), where you actually get to program real products such as a game or an app and sell them on a marketplace. I got a taste of that this year when I participated in the NFTE World Series of Innovation competition. It was really cool because my team, JANSI, designed a mobile game called 'Envision' that will assist high school students in identifying their talents and choosing their careers, without a boring survey." Read more of Sana's story and her original post on csedweek.org
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Afghan drivers and interpreters who might be at risk as a result of working for Australia in Afghanistan will be able to apply for a resettlement in Australia.
Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Immigration Minister Chris Bowen announced on Thursday that eligible Afghan employees and their direct family members could apply for a visa under Australia's Humanitarian Program.
"Australia regards itself as having a moral obligation to those Afghans who made a contribution as locally engaged employees, who may be at risk in the future when transition occurs and the Australian and international security assistance force draw down," Mr Smith told reporters in Perth.
The visas will be granted out of Australia's existing 20,000 person a year refugee intake.
While Australia will continue to employ local Afghans to support its ongoing commitment to the country, it is starting to draw down its effort in Uruzgan.
In October, Mr Smith told Parliament, Australian and ISAF commanders were ''confident that we are on track to transition to Afghan-led security in the province over the next 12-15 months''.
The majority of ADF troops are expected to be home by the end of 2014, as international forces transition out of Afghanistan.
The announcement follows a similar move when Australia withdrew from Iraq in 2008, which saw 563 Iraqi employees and their families resettled in Australia.
A range of government agencies as well as Defence have hired local employees in Afghanistan, including Foreign Affairs, AusAID and the Australian Federal Police. Mr Smith said it was hard to tell how many Afghan applications would be accepted, but ''potentially we're looking at hundreds''.
The Afghan visas will be granted on a case-by-case basis. If employees are ''certified as eligible'' by Australian agencies, they will then be able to make an application where they will need to meet the usual health, character and security requirements.
The announcement also follows calls from the Greens and the Coalition to resettle locally engaged staff.
In November, the Greens introduced a bill into the Senate to create a special visa class to bring Afghan interpreters to Australia.
''Recognising the amazing work of Afghan interpreters who risk their lives to keep our troops safe is the only right thing for us to do," Sarah Hanson-Young said.
Coalition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison said the Coalition supported "priority access'" to Australia's refugee and humanitarian program for interpreters "who have risked their lives to support our troops," but said this did not require a legislation or a special visa class.
Last year, Fairfax reported that many of the Iraqi interpreters that Australia resettled in 2008 were unemployed and relying on Centrelink benefits.
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text: The Ode to Apples post came at a great time for me, as we happened to have plenty of apples from our favorite orchard and some pork chops from our favorite pork farmers on hand. Great combination for this time of year! The first night I tried to grill the apples I left them on too long and they basically just fell apart when I tried to pull them from the grill. Things went better on night two. We just stuffed them with brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter and they were delicious when cooked indirectly with some apple wood.


text: Back to list Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 17:02 PM Chris Coleman European Workshop Tour Announced - presented by Meinl Cymbals Meinl artist Chris Coleman (Prince, Chaka Khan, N.K.O.T.B.) will be hitting the road in Europe for an exclusive Workshop tour in October presented by Meinl cymbals. Chris is one of the most popular drummers on the scene right now. He will use a combination of different Meinl Byzance and Generation X series cymbals. Make sure to catch him live at one of the following shows.12.10.2013 London Drum Show London, England14.10.2013 Absolute Music Bournemouth, England16.10.2013 Musik Foser, Schaan, Liechtenstein17.10.2013 Bax-Shop Goes, Netherlands18.10.2013 Busscher Drums Klazienaveen, Netherlands19.10.2013 Meinl Cymbal Night Onlinelessons.tv21.10.2013 Kytary.cz Prag, Czech Republic22.10.2013 Kytary.cz Brno, Czech Republic26.10.2013 Superdrumming Gmunden, AustriaHere is Chris set-up on Meinl's Soundcheck WebApp where you can see and listen to his cymbals, or simply create your own customized set.*all dates and locations are subject to change without notice*


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NICK Abendanon insists no matter what happens between now and the end of the season he will look back on his time at Bath with a smile on his face.
But with two pieces of silverware in his sights the speedster can't help but think he could have the sweetest of goodbyes.
Abendanon will be plying his trade in France next season after agreeing to move to Clermont Auvergne.
But before he goes he has plenty to keep him occupied, with Bath having seen off Aviva Premiership rivals London Wasps to meet Northampton Saints in the Amlin Challenge Cup final.
The two teams have a chance to lay an early marker down as they meet on Friday night, and with Bath flying high domestically as well, Abendanon admits his side will be going all out for victory.
"No matter what happens I can certainly say that I have had a great time at Bath and have really enjoyed my time here," said Abdendanon, for whom Friday's encounter could be his final match for the club at the Rec.
"So there is no need for me to try and end on a high but having said that I would love nothing more than to end with silverware.
"This is such a great club and is well set up to have success and everyone at the club is determined to get Bath back to the top.
"We have the Amlin Challenge Cup final to look forward to and now we have to make sure we get into the top four.
"Hopefully Exeter Chiefs can do us a favour but we can do it ourselves against Northampton and we could potentially end up facing them three times in four weeks which is exciting."
Although Bath won't be able to call on Abendanon's services next season they have plenty of exciting young talent in their armoury.
George Ford and Anthony Watson are both up for the Discovery of the Year award and Abendanon can't think of two worthier nominees.
"George Ford is the best fly-half at his age that I have ever seen, he is a 35-year-old in an 18-year-old's body," he added.
"Anthony Watson has been great for us and he is fast and direct and is a real asset to have at the back.
"Credit to the coaches as they have dealt with them really well and I am excited to see what they can both do on the future."
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BlueAnt Wireless Supertooth II
This little device is so you don't have to look like the biggest tard in the world while driving with a Bluetooth Headset. Every time time I see someone wearing one, it's always the person who probably needs it the least. Although it does come in handy when your out at bars because it acts as a light house for d'bags.


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