Re: teaching a child - console or GUI

not_at_any.adr
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:06:28 -0400

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:35:48 +0000 (UTC), erewhon@nowhere.com (J French)
wrote:
>I was with you up to there
>- but ... imagine an SQL server thing trying to shove 'Egypt' into a
>field, and forget about Delphi, he and his bunch have never heard of
>it.

That would be a setup error in the database itself.

"Hey Fred... call the IT guy, our monthly total is 'Egypt' again!"

>>Mine, on the other hand, runs a midnight cleanup function. Any deleted
>>inventory or cancelled transations are removed and the files are re-indexed in
>>a batch operation. Causes some disk fragmentation, but I have a defrag
>>scheduled at 3:00 am. Far as they ever see the thing's totally pristine.
>
>My are we all not so wonderful
>- you can avoid disk-frag if you want ...
>(and nowadays I detest Symantec, while I once worshipped Norton)

Have you tried O&O or Diskkeeper? They both leave Symantec in the dust.

http://www.oo-software.com/en/products/oodefrag/pro.html

http://www.executive.com/defrag/defrag.asp

Symantec doesn't install on your OS it *invades* your OS... it's WAY too
intrusive. When a defrag program messes with the recycle bin configuration
you gotta figure it's drawing outside the lines. Both of these alternative
defrags install in your management console and can be scheduled to run in the
background when various conditions (% fragmentation, time, date, system
loading etc.) arise.

>You mean 'Operator Override' AKA Frig the record
>- an essential feature

LOL.

-----
Laura

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