Re: Is this the University of Midrange.com? (was Re: Comp in DDS)

[rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I'm with you on this one.  Any field editing that directly or indirectly
controls what data is put in a file, I put in editing routines in my code -
and I dare say, you should probably encapsulate as much of it as prudent in
callable functions/subprocs, so they may be re-used as needed.

I do, on the otherhand, do some DDS field checking for subfile 'option'
codes and the like.

for instance:

S1OPT       VALUES('2' '3' '4' '9')

this seems very reasonable to me.  The only time I wouldn't do the above is
if the valid options could change based on outside factors.

rick

-------original message----------------
Are there any good reasons to validate in DDS?

I have come to accept as my "programming style" to
NEVER validate in DDS. And after this discussion, I
believe that may be the correct decision...