RE: Converting names & street names

I don't think that makes sense. The "numerous telephone operators" are
going to have to put the name in anyway. Why not have them put it in "as
best they can" and have it checked later. As I have been reading this
thread, it would seem that changing the existing fields, and then having
them entered in Proper Case from then on would be the best way to handle
it. Having a separate field would mean a file change (yuck) and
recompiling, etc...

Dave 

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Shore
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:48 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Converting names & street names

Yes - in principle I totally agree, however, with numerous telephone
operators taking orders, there's bound to be someone who is going to be
insulted because of spelling mistakes


Alan Shore

NBTY, Inc
(631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
AShore@xxxxxxxx

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 08/30/2006 05:38:43 PM:

Some where along the line some one enters the name.  Going forward, it

could be entered correctly at the time of entry.  The idea of an 
auxiliary file for properly cased name and address seems like an 
on-going burden.  It would seem reasonable at some point to make a 
decision to proper-case names & addresses. including street, city, & 
state.  There are a lot of reasons for making a change-over, and very 
few that I can think of to stay with the constraints of a 132-hammer 
printer.

I say this because of always finding that in the end, solving it 
programatically never really solved the headache.  Some day the boss's

wife's mother's best friend is going to be insulted, and that is not 
going to ever be a good day.