[windows2000] Re: OT: Programming question
- From: "Costanzo, Ray" <rcostanzo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:07:25 -0500
Yes, to me, what it sounds like is you will have to decide which is more
important, data accuracy, or user friendliness. Having the first name
and last name split into separate columns will make for a more user
friendly application, but it will not be 100% accurate. I'd go for the
accuracy, probably. And if someone wants to search by last name, you
can do %searchText, as you suggested.
I recently had to do something similar. Our current helpdesk
application, www.helpstar.com, is such that all of our users are in the
DB. But, there is simple a "name" column in the DB. There is no first
name, last name, etc. We're moving to an AS/400 based application, and
that needed first name and last name. So, I generated a file that was
90% accurate, and those that are wrong will have to be manually updated
as they are discovered. That was good enough for me. :]
Ray at work
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Fogarty [mailto:rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:17 AM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT: Programming question
>
>
> Yeah, it's unfortunate... However, this will be the data for
> our students
> transcripts. We're switching to a new system shortly - we
> want to have
> something on DVD for backup. This will allow our admissions
> department to
> reach back and get things as they were prior to our migration.
>
> The likeliness of requiring this is slim but nonetheless, I'd
> like to ensure
> it works.
>
> As for the name field being all one... I thought of that, in
> fact, I set it
> up that way the first time... What happens when they want to
> search? I'm
> sure I can set things up so they can do a search for the
> whole field and do
> like statements... Then they'll see all students with De Los%
> or something
> like that...
>
> That sounds reasonable, no?
>
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