[AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?

Yep.  Wait a sec...are you and I in agreement?  Charlotte, just admit
defeat!!!  If JC and I agree on something, it HAS to be true! ;)

Drew

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And for that matter, what is an Exit Do?  It is a GoTo the line after
the loop.  It may not be 
called that but that is exactly what it is.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Drew Wutka wrote:
> Why?
> 
> Code is used to make a functional project.  It's primary purpose is to
> do just that.  After that, the code should be organized and readable,
> and as optimized as possible.  With proper objects and function, this
> can be accomplished.  With the exception of errorhandling a goto
> statement is going to be a rare case, but NOT an excluded case, to
make
> the code readable and organized.  In my example, making a do loop
would
> require addition logic on each step, because when you exit a loop, it
> starts all over.
> 
> A Do Loop cannot have extra 'loop' statements.  
> 
> Ie:
> 
> Do
> 
> 'some condition is met: then Loop
> 
> Loop
> 
> Can't do that.  You can do that with a Goto statement.
> 
> Drew
> 
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte
> Foust
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> 
> A Do...Loop would be preferable to Goto.
> 
> Charlotte 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> 
> I think it should be said that you shouldn't use GOTO to prevent
> breaking your code into more logical parts.  Errorhandling is a
> situation which would allow Goto then.  There is another situation.
> Let's use an imaginary 'Phone' object that is going to make a call,
and
> it needs to try 20 times unless successful:
> 
> Dim obj as Phone
> Dim intTries as Long
> Dim blFailed as Boolean
> intTries=0
> Set obj=New Phone
> 
> StartOfCall:
> 
> blFailed=True
> intTries=intTries+1
> If intTries=21 then Goto
> 
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