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December 1997, Week 3

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Ken Sletten B894 C312 x62525 <[log in to unmask]>
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Ken Sletten B894 C312 x62525 <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 Dec 1997 21:54:00 P
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Wirt continues:

> ... we genuinely lost a sale once simply because a trial
> copy user thought QueryCalc was both unhelpful and
> insulting when it said:

> This query question requires a SERIAL search of 482051 records.
> This could take some time. A CHAINED search is preferable, if
> possible. Do you wish to use this question or rewrite it?

Now that CIUPDATE has been there for awhile, if we also
had the ability to add Indexes on the fly then you could
*really* be "insulting":   If the user answers "U"se to the
above question, QC could come back with something like:

"That might not be very smart, Dave....  Would you like me
to turn on CIUPDATE if you have been foolish enough not
to do so already, and add a path to an AUTO master on the
fly, so that you can do this the way it really should be done ??"

Ken Sletten

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