Yep, we used to have a client in a very rural part of Connecticut. Their power was so bad that every time the phone rang, the lights would dim! It did take the power company coming out and showing them they were only getting ~103 volts from the wall before they'd believe us and put UPSs on their computers. Finally all their data issues went away.
Fred On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Michael Madigan <[email protected]>wrote: > I had a client once who refused to put battery backups on his computers > when he was in a very old office building with terrible power. He only > had 10 computers, the UPSs would have cost him about $500 bucks and would > have saved a TON of problems. > > Never underestimate the shortsightedness of a client. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 4:21 PM > Subject: RE: USAGE Of Memos, Stability & an Error! > > FYI - for that EDI Data storage - that anywhere from like 20 lines (each > 20 to 100 chars's) to 100 lines or MORE! > > And - as another update. My buddy told me the client had a server Crash. > {NOT very shocking when he told me their server has 3GB of RAM - while > the system the other day reported usage of 7GB of RAM - i.e. Virtual > RAM.} Seems the client is being TOO CHEAP - since they are our Biggest > client - and they ARE a BIG Co. - and they should have a Hefty Server > w/16GB or RAM! > > A Server for running a BIG business should NOT be the place to cut > Pennies... > > Well, that's IMHO and YMMV. > -K- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Sytze de Boer > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: USAGE Of Memos, Stability & an Error! > > In my opinion, if a field has to capture data from 2 to 150 chars, I > would use a text field > Then I would consider a memo field > > S > > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In the one instance - it had to do with the saving of Shipment > Tracking > > numbers for an Invoice. It could be as few as 2 numbers, or up to 20 > or > > more. So - the Memo field seemed the most obvious method - as well as > a > > Quick & Dirty solution. > > > > For the other project - it happens to do with EDI data - and a > > particular trading partner that is making the whole processing of > THEIR > > Data nearly impossible. Instead of adding a TONS of new fields into > our > > DBF system - instead, I store most of the EDI 850 (Order) data lines > > into a Memo field attached to the Order. This way - I can simply > > re-retrieve the extra data fields on the fly when needed... > > > > -K- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJCBkspWJojQ=aaibjfxtissyddmft5v9jm7864qfwksq_i...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
