Re: Call me grumpy, but....

Ahhhh ... the memories. I cannot remember how deep they went. I do remember that only 5 users could be on the system at one time without bringing it to its knees. When I arrived, learned 4gl and rewrote the routines, around 25 people could be on the system without notice. Clifton Master/Detail Grump! :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carlos Benjamin" <benj@firstlinux.net> To: "Clifton M. Bean" <cmbean@email.msn.com>; <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 9:18 AM Subject: Re: Call me grumpy, but.... > > > --- "Clifton M. Bean" <cmbean@email.msn.com> > > wrote: > >My name is Clifton ... and I am a grumpy. I have known this for some amount > >of time; however, I was not able to admit it until now. I believe I became > >grumpy when working with master/detail sql screens in the late 80's. Since > >then, I have not been able to escape my grumpiness. > > > > Ouch! Yes. I remember trying to train users to use screens that were about six levels deep in details.... This task was compounded by the fact that three of these customer employees did coredumps over lunch and had to be retrained every morning and afternoon. > > == > Maintainer of the procrastinator's FAQ. Well, maybe tomorrow I will be. > > _____________________________________________________________ > Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net