Drew Wutka
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Wed Feb 12 00:41:01 CST 2003
Hey, at least none of the languages require correct spelling with variable names (just consistent spelling!) <VBG> Drew (Who just spelled consistent as 'consistant' <VBG>) -----Original Message----- From: Brett Barabash [mailto:BBarabash at tappeconstruction.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:23 PM To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com' Subject: RE: [AccessD] multi-platform ASP was: OT: Yee Haw.... >because something cannot be both less then, and greater then another >number Uh, Mr. Nitpick, I believe you mean less THAN, and greater THAN... <VBG> I've use the lower case variable debugging method as well (A97,A2K,VB6). Currently, the mountains of legacy A2 code I am maintaining requires absolute precision when typing in variable names. Then there are the C programs and shell scripts that I have written using nothing more than a simple text editor... I look forward to returning to a code editor with automatic capitalization. I swear that I am becoming arthritic from repeatedly reaching for the Shift key with my pinky fingers! -----Original Message----- From: Drew Wutka [mailto:DWUTKA at marlow.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:05 PM To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com' Subject: RE: [AccessD] multi-platform ASP was: OT: Yee Haw.... Sorry for the late reply, been moving this weekend! <phew...more like arg....> Don't get me started Brett! <VBG> First of all, what demented whacko decided that != is 'not equal'? ! is for factorial. How does that turn an equal sign into a 'not equal' sign. However, <> does make mathematical sense, because something cannot be both less then, and greater then another number, so it represents an inequality...at least more then a factorial does! As far as the 'A' versus 'a', well, I supposed that if I just kept my fingers away from the shift key, it would be a moot point. But, I give higher makes to a development environment that helps you code. In a VBE, if you go: Dim strTemp As String Then later you write: sttemp="Hello" When you go to the next line, and you don't see your variables 'capitalize', you can take a second and go back to fix them, instead of wasting time debugging a simple typo.... Drew -----Original Message----- From: Brett Barabash [mailto:BBarabash at tappeconstruction.com] Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:39 AM To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com' Subject: RE: [AccessD] multi-platform ASP was: OT: Yee Haw.... >but if you have decent programming skills and can stand learning >something new, PHP shouldn't be too hard to pick up. Of course, there is the whole A!=a (or A<>a for the non-C folks) issue that Drew suggested. <rolls eyes> I'd launch into a "new generation of programmers" rant, but I'm 27 and don't have a CS degree. I did take some C,C++ and JAVA courses in college, and letter-perfect syntax has been ingrained into me. Plus, working on as many legacy A2 apps as I have, I am used to the editor changing lngMyVarName to lngmyvarname if I am too lazy to type it in properly. Thus, I am pretty picky about that sort of thing. One's own environment dictates the style... -----Original Message----- From: Seth Galitzer [mailto:sgsax at ksu.edu] Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:27 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] multi-platform ASP was: OT: Yee Haw.... Tom, Actually, it does. Sun bought a company called ChiliSoft which created a cross-platform ASP interface. It's expensive, but if you've got to have ASP, it's the best way to go. I believe there are others, but the former ChiliSoft product is supposed to be the best. Having said that, why bother forcing ASP if you don't have to. PHP is a great product, AND it's free, AND it's no harder to learn than any other language. ASP is easier to learn for people who have only had VB/VBA/VBScript experience, but if you have decent programming skills and can stand learning something new, PHP shouldn't be too hard to pick up. Seth On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 10:01, Tom Adams wrote: > Oh. So ASP runs on *Nix now? > > Tom (As the operating system goes, so goes the programming language.) Adams > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Drew Wutka" <DWUTKA at marlow.com> > To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:43 PM > Subject: [AccessD] OT: Yee Haw.... > > > > Just wrote my first PHP page...... > > > > Okay...I'm sticking with ASP thankyou! <VBG> > > > > Drew -- Seth Galitzer sgsax at ksu.edu Computing Specialist http://puma.agron.ksu.edu/~sgsax Dept. of Plant Pathology Kansas State University _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com