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I've been asked to retrieve a list of records that are not in the database!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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Some years back, either here or somewhere else I read a story about a company that wanted to add people to their database before they visited so they'd already have the data and not have to spend time getting the data when a new customer contacted them...  Sooo.... you want to add everyone in the world on the off chance that they might some day want to do business with you? 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Paulo Augusto Künzel wrote: Has anyone got a real situation like this?
So common, IT has spawned counter-measure weaponry:
LART[^]*
Clue-By-Four[^]
* I think this is an acronym for Luser[^] Attitude Readjustment Tool.
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This was sent to us yesterday from our manager.
Meetings[^]
SFW.
Tim
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Paulo Augusto Künzel wrote: I thought i was just a part of IT jokes but someone finally complained to me "The system doesn't work on the server is shut down".
There might be a few missing words in what you quoted, but it could be a valid complaint. How gracefully does your app handle the case where a server is no longer accessible? You can display a nice error message, or you can crash and burn and lose the user's work in progress.
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Hi,
I wish it was not handled  , but it does say that it can't connect to the server. Actually it has been worked on to display the message in Portuguese. The problem here was that they were concerned about the energy bill.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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So, somebody shut down a server to save power?? What sort of setup are they running?
Introduce these people to virtualization. Here at home, I have 10+ virtual machines running 24/7 off of one consumer-grade computer that registers on my UPS at a mere 65W.
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Hahaha.... Now you are getting a grasp of what I mean..
I could try that as an explanation, but having them using a server was already hard. I might wait a bit longer for that.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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It's a little mind-blowing that people expect total resilience in the software they use, but they're willing to do things that break a production environment to save a few bucks.
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Why use the hammer if the forehead has been working sssoooo welwlewwweeellll! 
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
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http://www.xkcd.com/1350/[^]
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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But Shirley you checked[^] if someone had mentioned this...
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DOH! I didnt go back far enough. Should have searched. My apologies.
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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Shelby Robertson wrote: I didnt go back far enough
It's 16 hours back only 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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I went back 2 pages, figured that would be enough.
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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Not on a day Nagy struggle with Git... 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Not on a day Nagy struggle with Gitn...
Corrected as per Lounge convention? 
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Nagy never struggles with Gin - even the bottle gives up when he enters the room and removes it's own cap...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Indeed they do!
And unsurpisingly, It has a white label[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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At least they're honest.
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Try using "thread view", it's right there.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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no, you shouldn't have.
not everybody here reads every comment, every day.
this "repost!" stuff is pure bullshit.
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