[AccessD] Using Global Connctions

I already spoke up on the issue.  Not in the Ranting mood at the moment.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William Hindman
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:17 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Using Global Connctions


...ok guys ...is it going to be swords or pistols ...and where the hell is
JC when a definitive rant is needed?

William Hindman
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask
what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not
what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of
man." John F. Kennedy, 1961

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcus, Scott (GEAE, RHI Consulting)" <scott.marcus at ae.ge.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:49 PM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Using Global Connctions


> So you are saying that they are needed more than rarely? Any project I
work on
> is a judgment call on how the project needs to progress. I'm saying using
them
> more than rarely is bad judgment and hense sloppy programming.
>
> Scott Marcus
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew Wutka [mailto:DWUTKA at marlow.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:04 PM
> To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Using Global Connctions
>
>
> Absolutely not true.  Saying that Globals are rarely needed is a judgement
> call, based solely on your own experiences.
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus, Scott (GEAE, RHI Consulting)
> [mailto:scott.marcus at ae.ge.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 6:29 AM
> To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Using Global Connctions
>
>
> "Global variables should be used where they need to be used, no more, no
> less"... well 'duh' but it doesn't make it "crystal clear". If I knowingly
> use a
> hammer when a screwdriver is needed (and I have a screwdriver), I would be
a
> pretty stupid person. On the same token, those who abuse global variables
> think
> they are needed in their case, otherwise they would not be using them. Why
> program something when it isn't needed? The fact is, global variables are
> rarely
> needed and should be rarely used. That's crystal clear.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gustav Brock [mailto:gustav at cactus.dk]
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 5:55 AM
> To: Drew Wutka
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Using Global Connctions
>
>
> Hi Drew
>
> > Globals are just the broadest scope that you can have on a variable.
You
> > have procedural, modular, and global variables.  Global variables should
> be
> > used where they need to be used, no more, no less.
>
> This crystal clear statement should be assimilated by everyone.
> Thanks Drew!
>
> /gustav
>
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