Re: Layout Hell

From: Mike (NoSpam_at_StopSpam.org)
Date: 07/16/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 22:30:12 -0500

> Could I have some help with this layout?
> I am new to the layout scene, but if I could see some real examples, I might
> get it. Then again, I might club myself with a shovel.
> Thank you.
> I just need to convert this file to Access or something normal.
> Do you have any thoughts?
> Thanks you.

What is it that makes this record layout abnormal as opposed to
something you don't know anything about?

Normal record layouts similar to this have been in very successful use
since Bill Gates was in diapers. You can't do packed-decimal in
Access, you can't do redefines in Access, you can't even have group
levels in Access, you can't define a primary key as more than one
field in Access. That seems pretty abnormal and deficient to me.

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