Dennis Spoken by a true IT guy! How many times have I heard that when I was in IT - "it's not a bug, it's a feature" or "it's not a bug, it's a deficiency".
To my mind, anything that leads to data being corrupted or the results being wrong, is a bug. Either a bug in the specification or a bug in the code. If the database doesn't have a field to hold the data in Birth events then it sounds as though there is a bug in the database design. The action to leave the data with the "new" Alt Birth is a problem in the code, either how it was specified or how it was implemented. The ways I found to deal with the programmers was to show them what the result was and get them to agree that the end result was incorrect. Then to ask how the correct result could be obtained. It was remarkable how many times an acceptable solution then turned up. Just being picky!! Not trying to offend as the software is remarkably good overall and this is one of the very very small number of problems I've heard about where data gets messed up - most issues have been regarding how data is presented. Jack -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Kowallek Sent: 27 June 2005 12:07 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Swap with Birth On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 22:13:24 -0700, "Kirsty M. Haining" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >the ONLY thing that is not >swapping correctly is the "Description" field. This was reported to the programmers in Oct 2003. But I would hesitate to call it a bug. If you look at the database in MS Access you will understand why the Description field is a problem. I was asked, but cannot see a good way to deal with it. I don't think hidden fields are the solution. -- Dennis M. Kowallek [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************** Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
