Hey all > There are still a lot of folks with unreasonable expectations > (oftentimes, simply because they're ignorant, not because they're greedy > or unethical or stupid), and those folks are bound to be disappointed. > > >> With IT, there are multiple solutions to every > >> project. I would think medicine has fewer, more > >> defined solutions for each disease.
These two comments make me wonder. With FoxPro we have 10 ways to do every little thing. Some of these ways are known to be inefficient or dangerous, yet they are taught. For example REPLACE. It seems everybody does this: REPLACE table.field1 with value1, table.field2 with value2 even though REPLACE field1 with value1, field2 with value2 in table is the correct and safest way to do it. In running water lines in the house they used to use lead, then copper and now plastic. One can connect copper to lead and plastic to copper. The science behind it all is quite well understood. Even swimming pools and jacuzzis use similar techniques. You don't find cowboys doing plumbing with bubble gum and duct tape. Use of business objects is a single technique that can work for most if not all applications, but I constantly run into applications without them. People also use row buffering when table buffering is all you need. IMO, the quality of apps would go up and the cost would go down if we did not attempt to use lead, copper, plastic, bubble gum and duct tape all at the same time. Mike _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
