DWUTKA at marlow.com
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Tue Dec 6 16:53:26 CST 2005
ROTFLMAO!!!! Couldn't agree more! Though I'm sure some of my posts may be the same way. For me, I know why I 'wander' a bit. I tend to learn 'relationally'. So when I understand one set of rules, the next set of rules are learned within the original framework. As new things are learned, it's applied globally. So when I describe how to do something, I tend to wander through the 'relationships' a bit, to try and provide the same background that I used to learn the process. I hate solutions like this: To do XYZ: Type ZYX What I love are solutions like this: To do XYZ, X is something or other, and the process to get to Y involves This or That (click here for information about This or That). Z is then reached by the ABC process. (Click here for ABC process information). Example: Type ZYX When something is explained like that, it not only provides you a solution to what you are looking for, but also allows you to extrapolate other similar solutions, or even fine tune the example to better bit your needs. Solutions which don't explain the process involved, or don't provide an working example, IMHO are just plain incomplete, and far less useful then a complete solution. One of the reasons I LOVE Access 97's help file. Drew -----Original Message----- From: William Hindman [mailto:wdhindman at bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 4:37 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: WhyChangeFieldSi ze/wasCha nge FieldS ize ...rather more obtuse than ambiguous :) ...I remember way back in the days when JC was plying code down in old Mexico and selling his app samples over the web ...I dl'd his JIT sample and found plowing through the documentation a bit trying ...I suggested to him that the documentation was a bit "obtuse" ...it was the first time I ever truly understood the term "colbyized" :))))) William ----- Original Message ----- From: <DWUTKA at marlow.com> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: WhyChangeFieldSi ze/wasCha nge FieldS ize > Most of JC's replies are amiguous. <VBG> > > Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlotte Foust [mailto:cfoust at infostatsystems.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12:50 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: Why > ChangeFieldSi ze/wasCha nge FieldS ize > > > I wasn't poking fun at you, Drew. I was pointing out that JC had made a > highly ambiguous reply! ;-} > > Charlotte > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > DWUTKA at marlow.com > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:39 AM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: Why > ChangeFieldSi ze/wasCha nge FieldS ize > > > Okay, lets put the claws away, that wasn't very nice CF. > > Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlotte Foust [mailto:cfoust at infostatsystems.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:55 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: Why Change > FieldSize/wasCha nge FieldS ize > > >>> I know I do. > > You mean you look back and say "what an idiot Drew was"?? ;-> > > Charlotte Foust > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Colby > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 7:15 PM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: Why Change > FieldSize/wasCha nge FieldS ize > > > LOL. > > No, I think maybe you're just growing up. In 20 years I think you will > look at what you said this year and say "what an idiot I was". I know I > do. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > DWUTKA at marlow.com > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:29 PM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: [Spam] Re: [AccessD] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: Why Change Field > Size/wasCha nge FieldS ize > > Is it me, or did the magnetic poles just shift? Something happened, JC > and I agree on a development technique! ;) > > Drew > <snip> > -- > 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 > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com