RE: Theory v Practice

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Mandar A. Ghosalkar wrote:

> 3 yrs after ur developers code the VB app, the original team vanishes(they start working on .net .. or maybe java)
> The new team even after going through the docs and vb application libraries, forget the right joins and insert invalid data/update rows in the master without taking care of the details/ delete some master records, etc.
>
> What next happens at the call center of ur company .... ?
>
> Believe me there would always be a legitimate need (not hack) to correct some data using sql*plus like tools. At that point you would need to depend on RI.
>
> -Mandar

Great, jobs for everybody.

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