On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Craig Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > Here’s what error recovery currently looks like: > > hit an error. usually this is “host unavailable” whatever that means. Happens > “a lot”. > > Red button “Continue?” > > If continue, ignore the error and try the next operation. > > This error recovery works for cases where there is a temporary error. At the > first error, abandon the current operation and resubmit. Then, the operations > that succeeded in the past will now fail. Continue is the appropriate > response. Continue to continue until success. > > Here’s what would be more helpful. > > Hit an error. For “host unavailable”, prompt user for (abort), (retry), > (ignore). I never thought MS DOS had such well-designed error options. But > there it is. > > (abort) would abandon the effort. User goes back to filling the form in the > left pane. > (retry) would retry the current failed operation. Usually this will succeed.
Just to be clear: if the current operation has five tasks, and the failure occurs on the third, this would retry the third operation? > (ignore) would abandon the current failed operation and continue with the > rest of the tasks. And again, if the current operation has five tasks, and the failure occurs on the third, this would continue with the fourth? > Having three options here would cater for all of the errors I’ve encountered > in the last few months of using the tool. Shouldn't be difficult. > Craig L Russell > Architect > [email protected] > P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp! - Sam Ruby
