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Comments – Another Pet Peeve of Mine

While I fully understand why different programming languages use different syntax, wouldn’t it be nice if they could at least agree on a comment structure?

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve typed something like this into the VBA studio:

– Make sure to declare the recordset

Code Here

/*

Comments here

*/

And of course it fails because [...]

I can do Magic

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. – Arthur Clark

One of the factors which draws me to programming, and especially database programming, is that most people cannot understand it. To most people, computers, networks, and the internet etc quite simply work by magic. They know how to turn it on, and [...]

Sometimes I Just Shake My Head – Security Problem

At times I have discussed security on this blog and mentioned the challenges of being secure when using M2M. However, this post has nothing to do with Consona.

I read several blogs on a regular basis for programming and SQL information. In fact, I think I’ll list the blogs I recommend in [...]

Cycle Counting Revisted

In a previous article, I mentioned the inadequacy of Made2Manage cycle counting in that you cannot track your cycle counts over time and make that data available to your users. Well, true to my word, I have created the following customization so that you can do just that. Now would be a good [...]

I’m a Cowboy, On a Steel Horse I Ride

I got an e-mail from one of my readers asking me if something was wrong because I haven’t been posting as much as I normally do.

I love this bike.

Most people don’t believe me when I tell them, but I am actually a long distance bicyclist, or rather I [...]

Service Packs Released for Both M2M Version 6.0 and SQL 2008

This is just a quick F.Y.I. that the first service pack for both SQL 2008 and M2M Version 6.0 were recently released.

You can download the service pack for M2M 6.0 here and the SP for SQL 2008 here.

Using M2M with SQL Server 2008 – Quickie

I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve been testing Made2Manage version 5.6 for several weeks with SQL Server 2008 without incident. That includes FastForms and VBA as well.

I’m sure M2M will tell you that they don’t support doing so, but it’s working fine for me.

Any of you out [...]

Just Call Me Dr. Mario

This is just a friendly reminder to be careful out there and not just with your e-mail.

Yesterday when I logged into Facebook, I had a message from an old friend from high school. It said the following:

it seemms youu’re reallly drrunk on thhis videeo. (Link Removed)

Since I don’t drink, I knew this was [...]

No FastForms for you! One Year!

As a follow up to a previous post regarding FastForms issues, I decided to test “layering” of FastForms customizations. What I mean by this is to add additional database fields and controls to a screen which I had previously customized.

In the past, I didn’t trust FastForms enough to risk corrupting the customizations [...]