Thanks, Bill. What a nice thing to say! On 25 January 2011 13:55, Bill Haskett <[email protected]> wrote: > Kate: > > It seems to me that this is very tidy! :-) > > Bill > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Kate Stanton said the following on 1/24/2011 1:27 PM: >> >> Hi David, >> >> The reason we use dictionaries for data entry, reports, queries and >> forms is so we can use the same dictionary item for all activities, >> thus using the dictionary as designed with a little more. >> >> So, if part ID is changed at a site to be 6 numbers, then changing the >> dict item in a file once means the same change applies to all other >> activities. >> >> We think this is very tidy, and the unused portion of dictionaries >> have been used like this for a long, long time (over 30 years to our >> knowledge). >> >> Cheers, Kate >> >> Kate Stanton >> Walstan Systems Ltd, >> 4 Kelmarna Ave, Herne Bay, Auckland 1011, New Zealand >> Phone: +64 9 360 5310 mobile: + 64 21 400 486 fax: + 64 9 367 0750 >> Email: [email protected] >> >> On 25 January 2011 03:53, David A. Green<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> All this talk about using the Dictionary item to store extra data has >>> prompted this post. >>> >>> I realize in the past when the limit to the number of Opened Files in a >>> Basic program was a programming challenge, that doing creative data >>> storage >>> might have been an necessity. But I would like to suggest we leave the >>> Dictionary alone, let the database use it the way it wants to and let us >>> create our own storage device for dictionary related data. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> David A. Green >>> (480) 813-1725 >>> DAG Consulting > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users >
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