[AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?

Your off the subject Drew ;-) Jim

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 2:14 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?

Sigh...the irony....

And how many people would say that you should never use Access as a
serious development tool?  Yet how many people on this list have made
good money doing that?

To say you would never use a kitchen knife as a screwdriver is really
just acknowledging that you have yet to find the screw that needed a
kitchen knife to operate it!

Drew

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:51 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?

Hi Drew:

Actually, GOTO is needed in MS Access to gracefully recover from an
error or
mini-crash... like a RTI, Return Through Interrupt. That is why it is
used
to manage errors. When all else fails GOTO recover... 

That is why the 'On Error GOTO...' is placed at the top of the routine.
If
there was no GOTO to recover to, all the variables could be lost and the
program would probably, fail displaying an unrecoverable error. 

It should be used in the case of emergency and not just as another
structure
control call. 

I have found that just because something can be used in a certain way
does
not mean it should be used in that way. In my opinion. For instance, I
would
never use a kitchen knife as a screw-driver... ;-)

Jim

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:52 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?

Ya know Max, it's ironic, that on a list dedicated to a product that
many in the IT world sees as 'bad practice', we have die hard 'purists'
that can't see the forest through the trees.  Goto can be misused.
Everything can be misused.  The fact that Goto is used in Errorhandling
is EXACTLY why it's NOT a bad tool.  It's just a tool that should be
used for what it's designed for.

You probably shouldn't drive cross country on your donut spare tire.
But that doesn't make it bad practice to keep that donut tire in your
car, to use it when it's needed!

Drew

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:53 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Learning .Net -- PHP Instead?

Drew, could it have been done in a recursive fashion, better than the
"spaghetti Code"



Max
Ps. I love this song....be my soldier boy....1962 top hits.  Reminds me
of
me...

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