Having spent a week in northeastern Scotland, if you asked me to spell things your way I would reply, "I canna deit!"
Dennis McGrath [email protected] [email protected] On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Stephen Markson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hear, hear! > > Regards, > > Stephen Markson > The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (where some us try to use the > Queen’s English) > 416.979.2431 x251 > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alastair > Burr > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:03 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Difference between "select into" and "setvar" > > Bernie, > > Perhaps if you’d used an S instead of a Z I wouldn’t have turned purple > with rage <g> – I always had the impression that we invented the language > this side of the pond so you lot really ought to use the correct spelling > <g>. > > (And, yes, I do know that I’m taking liberties with where the origins were > but only for comic effect!! And you can spell it how you like for all I > care. Besides which, Dennis probably just had little wayward piggies on his > keybroad.) > > Regards, > Alastair – in England – where English comes from!! > > > > > From: Bernard Lis > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 8:56 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Difference between "select into" and "setvar" > > See below -- in purple > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Javier Valencia > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 3:00 PM > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Difference between "select into" and "setvar" > > Dennis, > > I also use code similar to the one Stephen uses, and it does simplify > things when you need to test a large number of variables. > . > I cannot think of a single reason why anyone would be offended by your > post. All we offer here is opinion and in most cases, the benefit of our > experiences. Opinions are just that, opinions; they represent our > individual views of issues. I f have always found your posts informative > and professional. > I do not necessarily agree that variable indicators are code bloat, but I > do not take offense just because we do not agree. The day that we all agree > on everything, innovation disappears…I do not see that day coming any time > soon. > > Javier, > > Javier Valencia, PE > O: 913-829-0888 > H: 913-397-9605 > C: 913-915-3137 > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis > McGrath > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 3:59 AM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Difference between "select into" and "setvar" > > It seems that some users of this list find my statements below to be > offensive. > I appoligize (apologize) for any upset I may have caused. > > Does anyone out there have an example of how they use use the indicator > variables after the data has been retrieved? > > I'm always interested in making my code more efficient, and would welcome > any examples where this is acheived with indicator variables. > > Dennis McGrath > [email protected] > [email protected] > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Dennis McGrath <[email protected]> > wrote: > Now that we can easily turn off the message about a null value being > returned, I find the indicator variables totally unnecessary code bloat. > > In the rbase environment, at least, If I want to know if a null is > returned I can test the actual value returned. In over 25 years of > progamming rbase, the only use I ever had for the indicator variables was > to avoid throwing the error to make tracing easier. > > Dennis McGrath > [email protected] > [email protected] > > >
