I have used VSS virtually from day one and have never yet had any problems with it, not a single corruption. I can confirm that what Neil states below is correct in so far as if you have access to the admin login you can easily checkin/checkout files checked out by another user and have multiple checkouts.
-----Original Message----- From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 October 2005 12:00 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Source Control Theory..... Well, logging in as Admin would have solved the first problem of checking in a file checked out by another user (all depends on client/server setup I suppose) - but you can certainly check an on vacation users file yourself. VSS,does support multiple checkouts - so I am not sure where your problem their was? Corrupt code, I have never had but I hear it can happen with certain file types. Hopefully VSS 7 will sort that out ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Spike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 October 2005 11:58 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Source Control Theory..... I have also had some very bad experiences with VSS. Two specific problems that I've had: A developer checked out some code and didn't check it back in before going on holiday. This caused us a lot of headaches because we didn't have the password for his machine and he'd checked out stuff that a lot of other people needed to work with. VSS completely corrupted the source code for a project I was working on a few years ago. Again, this caused us a lot of headaches because we had lost the complete change history for the project. The VSS workflow doesn't work well for me either because it requires that you organize yourselves in such a way that two people never have the same code checked out. My experience has been that allowing multiple developers to check out and work on the same code is much more productive. Spike On 10/27/05, Massimo Foti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What does SVN give you that VSS does not? > > http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch02s02.html > > VSS use Lock-Modify-Unlock, SVN can use both Copy-Modify-Merge and > Lock-Modify-Unlock. I very much prefer the Copy-Modify-Merge approach, but > it's a matter of personal preferences. > > Multiple languages binding and WEBDAV integration could also be a plus. > > > Personally I also had some very bad experiences with VSS corrupting data, > but this doesn't necessarely apply to others. > > ---------------------------- > Massimo Foti > Tools for ColdFusion and Dreamweaver developers: > http://www.massimocorner.com > ---------------------------- > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222412 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
