[AccessD] Regarding multi-value field, from a reader

Well, what I don't get is this -- Access actually does all the normalization 
for these fields internally. If they can do that, why not just push it to 
the interface and do it all the way? Why hide it?

Susan H.


> Yeah, those sort of features remind me of junk food.  The worse it is for 
> you, the more folks seem to like to over indulge.  In Excel for example 
> the 'feature' of merged cells is used (and promoted) widely as being a 
> wonderful thing, but can cause you enormous grief and pain if used without 
> due care and consideration.  Of course, no one tells the users that.  They 
> just merge away like buggery.
>
> I can think of many other examples as well...  So much so that I like to 
> use the term (ab)user rather than user with referring to some of my more 
> troublesome employees of my clients.  Hehe.
>