Re: Calling Program information

DeLong, Eric wrote:

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I've worked for small shops, medium shops, and large shops; journaling
was used by all of them.
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Wow, really? I've never worked in a shop that used journaling, except
when using HA solution like Mimix... Never been able to sell management
on the virtues of commitment control, either.... Or primary / foreign
key constraints...
Perhaps its just Texas, but if I had to guess, I'd say your experience
with journaling is not typical.

Every shop I've worked in has also used journaling -- Washington, Alaska and California. In one case, journaling was used _because_ I worked there and I had authority to set it up. Never needed to convince anyone. (Note that this is _not_ the case for every site that I've worked /with/!)

Also, in every site I can recall, journaling "saved the day" in at least one instance. Sometimes it reversed actions that shouldn't have been done; sometimes it merely gave indisputable evidence that a given sequence of events happened.

The ability to wind things backwards can be a real stress reducer.

Tom Liotta