In the 8.3 days, I routinely gave directories an underscore as a delimiter
for version information, prior to my actually using a version control
package.  So "game" would be the main thing, and if I wanted to test,
"game_1" became the new WIP folder.  If I liked what I did, I'd move "game"
to "game__1" and rename "game_1" to "game".  I even sometimes went so far
as adding an extension to a directory, so, "mkdir game.1".  LOVED how that
screwed some of the DOS toys up when a directory contained an extension. :]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Keith Medcalf <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Probably for the same reason people exceed 8.3 filename limitations on
> Windows or try to embed non-alphanumeric characters in file/directory names
> (Including spaces and shell special characters) -- they have been told that
> they could do so and not told of the problems and difficulties  created by
> doing so.
>
> I cannot fathom why one would use underscores either.
>
> In both cases the only rational explanation I can come up with as that
> these folks are "users" or "coders" and not "programmers" ...
>
> ---
> Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.  Practice is when
> everything works but no one knows why.  Sometimes theory and practice are
> combined:  nothing works and no one knows why.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [email protected] [mailto:sqlite-users-
> >[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hick Gunter
> >Sent: Thursday, 22 January, 2015 01:39
> >To: 'General Discussion of SQLite Database'
> >Subject: Re: [sqlite] System.Data.SQLite - Exception Calling
> >SQLiteModule.DeclareTable
> >
> >I have always wondered why people will insist on using human readable
> >column names (with embedded spaces and special characters) in the
> >implementation layer (SQL code) instead of the presentation layer (user
> >interface). The clutter introduced into queries by having to quote the
> >column names by far outweighs any gain from having "some strange field
> >name" displayed instead of some_strange_field_name...
> >
> >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >Von: Mike Nicolino [mailto:[email protected]]
> >Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. Jänner 2015 02:17
> >An: General Discussion of SQLite Database
> >Betreff: Re: [sqlite] System.Data.SQLite - Exception Calling
> >SQLiteModule.DeclareTable
> >
> >Figured this one out.  DeclareTable doesn't like any 'quoting' around the
> >column names in the sql.  It works fine with just straight column names.
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [email protected] [mailto:sqlite-users-
> >[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Nicolino
> >Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 6:17 PM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: [sqlite] System.Data.SQLite - Exception Calling
> >SQLiteModule.DeclareTable
> >
> >I'm getting an exception calling SQLiteModule.DeclareTable that seems to
> >imply the 'create table' sql being passed is invalid: "SQL logic error or
> >missing database".  Yet using that same sql on the same connection as a
> >create table call succeeds.  Reviewing the virtual table docs don't imply
> >there are restrictions on the create table sql for virtual tables so I'm
> >at a loss to what's wrong.
> >
> >The create table sql (the line breaks here are for readability and not
> >present in the actual string send to DeclareTable):
> >
> >create table xxx(
> >"Username" text,
> >"DisplayName" text,
> >"Email" text,
> >"LastLogin" integer,
> >"LastInvite" integer,
> >"Status" text,
> >"SourceDs" text,
> >"Data" text,
> >"SourceDsLocalized" text
> >)
> >
> >Anyone have any input on what might be wrong?
> >Thanks!
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> >Scientific Games International GmbH
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