RE: NO queries in QGPL please!!

Besides, once they start losing the queries you can start a profitable
side business by selling copies restored from your nightly backup -
which of course will be done before the delete.  :-)



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: therrin@isaac.net [SMTP:therrin@isaac.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 8:00 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: NO queries in QGPL please!!
> 
> Walden Leverich wrote:
> >Terry,
> >
> >A bit harsh, no? How about modifying your nightly process to move the
> >queries into the library of your preference?
> >
> >-Walden
> 
> I agree it's harsh, but how would moving the queries to another
> library stop the users from continuing to put their queries into QGPL?
> Yes, your move process would move the queries out of QGPL every day,
> but you haven't solved the problem, you've simply put a band-aid on
> it.  Give the users plenty of warnings that the queries will no longer
> be kept in QGPL and that they will lose them if they put them there.  
> Set a date as to when the delete will be going into place, give the
> users a reminder as the date nears, then put the delete in place.  If
> after all that they still lose a query then it's their own fault.
> Once they know their queries will be lost if they put them there, I
> guarantee they'll stop doing it.
> 
> Terry Herrin
> Sr. Programmer/Analyst
> New Hanover Regional Medical Center
> 
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