Re: Future of RPG

[Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 15:31:15 -0600, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Steve Richter
> >
> > It is hard coding.  Send an exception back to program "menu01C". No
> > matter your religion that is a bad practice that does not contribute
> > to bullet proof applications.
> 
> Not if you set the level programmatically at runtime, which is what I
> do.  Steve, you make a LOT of assumptions about my programming which
> make it pretty clear you've never really tried any of this.
> 
> 
> > there is also the practical matter of one module in the application
> > telling the AG shutdown module what has to be shutdown.   If the "in
> > transit" quantity in the inventory master is changed in the
> > expectation of the code at the end of the module moving that quantity
> > to the "received" column, how do you tell the catch all AG exception
> > handler what it needs to know to undo or complete the transaction?
> 
> First off, if you have written an application where the integrity of
> your transaction is in question, AND you've designed the code in such a
> way where the module has a failure point between integral updates, AND
> you haven't used some sort of commitment control, then you really
> shouldn't be writing code for a living.

you win!   Try to keep in mind that you responded to my post.

take care,

-Steve