Re: [AM] Unfounded assertion
"J. B. Rainsberger" <[email protected]>
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Steven Gordon wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Gaythorpe, Dagna [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 2:47 AM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: [AM] Unfounded assertion > > >> But if the users want the name field split, don't waste time wondering what to call it - that time would be better spent explaining to the person who designed the database that they messed up and should have thought of this one, and then finding out that they did, but the contents of Name are in no clear format - surname + initials, forename + surname, initials + surname, all in one field in the source system (which isn't this one)... > You cannot anticipate future requirements. Hear, hear! If we /could/ anticipate future requirements, we'd have each won the bloody lottery by now and wouldn't be hanging around here, now would we?! -- J. B. Rainsberger, Diaspar Software Services http://www.diasparsoftware.com :: +1 416 791-8603 Let's write software that people understand For more information about AM, visit the Agile Modeling Home Page at www.agilemodeling.com --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrKDA.bWnbtk.Z2NtYS1h Or send an email to: [email protected] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------