I have to agree with this. One of the things that Raining Data have done right (IMHO) is to provide case insensitivity, right down to the file level ... if you want SMITH = smith you can, if SMITH # smith you can set a file up for that as well
Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage > Better by Design! >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura Hirsh >Sent: Saturday, 17 March 2007 12:15 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [U2] Upper Case Only > >I think that the upper/lower case issue -- albeit not a show stopper for >anyone - is "much worse than that". > >Besides the "internal" back-n-forth about programming in basic, and what >case should be "current", I think that a bigger issue revolves around >data >presentation and converting to a "modern" display and "modern" usage. > >For example, reports, mailing labels, "Dear John" letters... I mean, as >a >programmer, I can use MCU - that works great, MCL - not as useful, but, >still works as documented. MCT? It's embarrassing. Dr. Mark Jones, MD is >almost impossible to return. Mark Jones III - allows me to send a "state >of >the art" letter addressed to "Mark Jones Iii". > >SEARCH is another of my pet peeves. It should be *smart enough* to >figure >out, or at least provide an option to be case insensitive. Maybe it >does, >and I'm not aware. But it just always seemed crazy. So, I search - >string? >"MARK JONES" then "Mark Jones" then "Mark jones" then "mark jones". > >BTREES? Although some may disagree, Mark Jones and MARK JONES are the >same >thing - at least in our business environment. > >I think that if we want to work in a world that doesn't shout at us all >the >time, then we need to look beyond how to write a basic program > >That's my $.02 (hey, what happened to the "cent" character... it used to >be >there... I know it was... oh, maybe that was on the typewriters that >didn't >allow lower case) > >Laura > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mats Carlid >Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:23 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [U2] Upper Case Only > >One reason for why the upper case only thing started that has been >mentioned >in this thread is that some early terminals didn't have lower case. > >This is indeed true but it used to be much worse than that ! > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.11/723 - Release Date: >3/15/2007 >11:27 AM >------- >u2-users mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
