Yeah, but what about when the data resides on box A with operating system version A and production is on box C with operating system B?
Anytime you co-mingle production data and test data and you have the possibility of somebody forgetting to change the switch, you have a recipe for a very big ???? Up. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 3:55 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Why won't people use a TEST Server On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Virgil Bierschwale <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, and something will be forgotten, or some little problem will > creep in and you'll spend more time trying to figure it out then it > would have taken to set up a proper versioning system. > > You don't have to have separate servers, at least in the foxpro world. > > Just create 3 separate folders and 3 separate groups within the > operating system, that way each group won't have access to the stuff > they don't need, or shouldn't touch. ---------------------------------- That is why you have a test harness that you can point to ANY service you want. Run that series of tests and say it works here and there but not AAAA. This isn't rocket science. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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/e6e06cad0cba4e219a8a577bbaaa5...@bierschwc0bba6 ** 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.
