On Saturday May 6 2006 09:17 am, Fabian Flores wrote:
> Hi, I'm reading 0110GS-GettingStartedWithBase and I encountered this
> paragraph ambiguous:
>
> "Length: Suggestion: Change Length to 20. This must be longer than any
> FirstName to be entered. Make it smaller or larger than 20 based upon
> the length of the longest FirstName." (at the top of page 5).
>
> I don't understand why somebody would want to set FirstName to -20
> (smaller than) respect the length of the longest Firstname, unless
> She/He wanted lose data.
>
> Thanks.
I used the number 20 because most first names are shorter than 20
characters.
Would it be clearer to state: "Make the length smaller or larger than
20 based upon the length of the longest FirstName"? I thought from the
context that it was clear what was to be made smaller or larger. Perhaps
not.
Dan
