On 2015-12-10 16:16, Fred Taylor wrote:
No crashes:
ON ERROR *
;)
True story, Fred: I was contacted to take a look at this water/sewer
billing software written in Foxpro that would often hang/freeze but they
didn't know why. I open it up and there it is: ON ERROR *
I kid you not. The app was a horrible mess in its construction too, the
kind where you reach for the Excedrin fast. I explained that it was
easier for me to rewrite the software than try to fix all the problems
(there were other problems reported as well). Rebuilt it in about 6
months as I recall with VFP9 and a MySQL backend. Rock solid. Never
heard from the client again after first year support renewal. Problem
is that I built it too good so they had no need for a support contract
they felt (and I couldn't argue!). Now if only I had put bugs in it.
lol Often thought about trying to resell that to other water/sewer
authorities for their billing but never had the time/$ to properly
market it. I imagine many of us have a similar story.
--Mike
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