Ed Leafe wrote: > On Sep 9, 2009, at 10:53 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > >>> I guess I see the difference as between the case where the developer >>> uses a wizard, which he/she trusts to "do the right thing", and when >>> they decide to do it all themselves. >> They may have started with a wizard, and then modified the generated >> code to see how >> things work. This keyfield thing won't manifest an obvious breakage >> until they try to >> save, or sort, or something. And by that time they may not know what >> change broke it. > > I think that this falls under the header of "silently failing". They > broke something, but it doesn't manifest itself right away. When it > does, a question is posted, an answer is found, and the developer now > understands better how things work. Contrast that to the case where we > silently fix the error every time the query is run - the bad code is > never revealed, the developer never notices anything, and never learns > anything.
It wouldn't have to be a silent fix. Note how I proposed adding a log entry. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: Dabo-users@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/4aa9204a.8030...@ulmcnett.com
