Re: The target for a numeric operation is too small!!!!!

["Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > >All he is asking for is the ability to minimize the damage!  The
program
> > >should HALT but you should be able to continue processing once you have
> > >identified the problem.
> >
> > Really? Minimize the damage?
>
> Yes Really - If there is one bad record out of 1,000,000 I can fix it
> quickly.  If I need to restore 3 dozen files & re-apply the journals
> from last night to the present that can take hours.  And when I finish I
> then go in and fix the one record that was bad to begin with !!!!

And rerun and find the 2nd bad record out of 1,000,000<g>.

Actually, after going to all that trouble (restoring 36 files, etc) in
addition to fixing the record, I'd also fix the program to report the
problem (print ***** instead of an amount, log an error message, or
whatever) before rerunning it.

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax



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