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[TheFaQQer]

Ah well, at least I'm taking Monday and Tuesday off for some geek time.

[norrahe]

[zeitghost]

Ah.

Today we have the great smell of styrene wafting up the stairwell.

Deep joy.

And the other stairwell has the great smell of drains.

[zeitghost]

Must be an omen.

Lucifer Box & young Damien could tell you all about that.

[zeitghost]

Email from business user



That's the response to me pointing out that you want me to use as a starting point something which doesn't exist in the database.

If it doesn't exist, cretin, then I cannot use it. In some cases, it will be in the head of a user, and you expect the database to automatically know what that value is and use that as a starting point.

Psychic databases!

It's the next big thing.

[zeitghost]

He seems to have missed that I can't target 1% at the moment.

Sen

Turey.

[TheFaQQer]

Psychic databases!

It's the next big thing.

I like the thinking. If only the client were smart enough to realize what a ridiculous idea they have come up with.

"Where is the data stored?"
"It's not"
"So how can I use it to build the hierarchy?"
"You're focussing too much on 100% automation"

[TheFaQQer]

Sen

Turey.

Hadn't even noticed, honest.

[Bunk]

I like the thinking. If only the client were smart enough to realize what a ridiculous idea they have come up with.

"Where is the data stored?"
"It's not"
"So how can I use it to build the hierarchy?"
"You're focussing too much on 100% automation"

Sounds like they're focussing too little on the 0% automation which they're going to end up with.

[TheFaQQer]

Sounds like they're focussing too little on the 0% automation which they're going to end up with.

I've put a load of assumptions in the build

e.g. I assume that ATTRIBUTE1 on the table will hold the data I need.

That way, as soon as it's in the database, I can change the one line and it will all work.

Of course, it will never work, but it's a safe assumption based on the specification I have in hand

I could even go as far as configuring the application to hold that information, so all they need to do is populate the field.....