John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon May 24 21:01:28 CDT 2004
LOL. Yep. And so far internationalization (as defined by our European friend) has never reared it's ugly head. He was talking about designing all my stuff so that if run in Finland it would just work. I'm talking about putting a country field in the app. Not exactly the same thing. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 9:23 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problemsolving Subject: RE: [AccessD] On DB Bloat, Bad DB Design, and various On 24 May 2004 at 20:59, John W. Colby wrote: > Just today I had to go in and remove a mask that the client requested. When > I designed the db the client swore up and down that they would NEVER have > claimants residing outside the US. They did NOT want a country field, they > wanted a US state table etc. I explained the obvious and gave them what > they asked for. Today I removed the zip code mask so that a Canadian zip > could be entered. The 2nd line of the address is being used for the city > and country. > Was it only in October last year that someone said:: "LOL. Not true, I am a HUGE fan of internationalization... where it makes sense. I don't suppose I've ever mentioned that I, PERSONALLY, have never needed it?" <VBG> -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support. -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com