Re: A cautionary tale

2013-12-05 Thread Frank Millman
"Steven D'Aprano" wrote in message news:52a033f5$0$2$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com... > On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:16:40 +0200, Frank Millman wrote: > > [...] >> Then I noticed that certain changes were not being written back to the >> database. After some investigation, I found the error in a part

Re: A cautionary tale

2013-12-05 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:16:40 +0200, Frank Millman wrote: [...] > Then I noticed that certain changes were not being written back to the > database. After some investigation, I found the error in a part of my > program that I have not had to look at for ages. When reading data in > from the databas

Re: A cautionary tale

2013-12-04 Thread Peter Otten
Frank Millman wrote: > Hi all > > There is no question at the end of this, it is just an account of a couple > of days in the life of a programmer (me). I just felt like sharing it. > Feel free to ignore. > > The business/accounting system I am writing involves a lot of reading data > from a dat

A cautionary tale

2013-12-04 Thread Frank Millman
Hi all There is no question at the end of this, it is just an account of a couple of days in the life of a programmer (me). I just felt like sharing it. Feel free to ignore. The business/accounting system I am writing involves a lot of reading data from a database, and if changed, writing it b