Re: MS Access

On 8/14/24 12:52 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-08-14, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
 

On 8/12/24 6:48 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2024-08-12, shemp13@outlook.com <shemp13@outlook.com> wrote:
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Nothing is idiot proof. The best you can hope for is idiot resistant.

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It is difficult to make a system foolproof because fools are so
ingenious.
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I love testing a new system with a totally naive user.
It always amazes me to watch the kind of inputs they
manage to come up with - stuff I could never imagine.

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    Discovered - with systems/apps that involve a lot
    of user input, nearly HALF of your code will be
    dedicated to how MANY ways they can fuck it up and
    what to DO about it  :-)

 And if you do manage to make your input routines bombproof,
you'll be met with howls of anguish from users who couldn't
enter data correctly to save their lives.  Here's a
real-life example:
 User: The system won't accept my input!
Tech: Of course not.  You're trying to have it
       receive a shipment that hasn't been sent yet.
       What are we supposed to do with that?
User: Well... just process it!

   Heh heh ! Yea, kinda BEEN there !
   There ARE times I kinda wished for the
   olde-tyme Taskmaster with the whip to
   pay a visit .....   :-)
   Oh, it's not THAT hard to deal with
   yet-to-arrive orders ...