Am I too old to learn Valentina?

[Greg Olson-Hyde]

On 06/09/2009, at 7:15 PM, Thorsten Hohage wrote:

> This scenario would be a good point to start an additional re-design
> and not only convert to Valentina, but try to use a database-layer, a
> class in RB where all the database logic, database access, ... is
> bundled and NO sql and no explicit database access code anywhere else.

Hi Thorsten,

Thanks for your help - a lot to think about - however, you have almost  
convinced me that I am out of my depth  :-))))))

I have never heard of a 'database-layer' - do you mean an RB module  
that handles all this? I like the idea of what you suggest, "NO sql  
and no explicit database access code anywhere else", that is VERY  
appealing to me.

Seeing that I will have to do a great deal of re-design, I may as well  
get it right. Any examples of what you suggest? I looked database- 
layer up in the RB user guide but no luck - my FMP legacy has left me  
rather ignorant I am sorry to say.

There are so many documents on Valentina that I am suffering a bit  
from 'knowledge shock', but, I am looking now at the ones you suggested.

Thanks also for the code, 'LongField' and 'Value' was what I was  
looking for in the documentation but didn't know it! I find it very  
difficult to look things up when I don't know what to look up - a  
circular quandary!

I would be totally frustrated if it was not for the help I get from  
people like you and the others on this list.

Ongoing thanks to ALL who have helped me so far.

Cheers

Greg Olson-Hyde
Sydney Australia

2.8 GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro
Mac OS X 10.5.8
RB 2009 r2.1 Pro
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