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  "id": "1992-september-correction",
  "slug": "1992-september-correction",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1992-september-correction.html",
  "year": 1992,
  "month": "September",
  "monthNum": 9,
  "headline": "CORRECTION",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "A correction to last month's Tech Tips article regarding a database command for handling company name spellings in the BADSPELL database.",
  "keywords": [
    "database",
    "correction",
    "command"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "SQL"
  ],
  "full_text": "In last month's Tech Tips, Elliot Jaspin made some suggestions for dealing with various spellings of a company, such as \"Amalgamated Zoot Suits,\" within a database called BADSPELL. But Uplink printed one command incorrectly. The correct command is: Update BADSPELL Set NewName = \"Amalagated\" Where Xleft(name, 11) = \"Amalgamated\" Our apologies.",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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  "html_url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1992-september-correction.html",
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