Corrupt Design Elements: Urban Legend or the Latest Political Scandal?
We were having this discussion the other day and one of the guys said 1 in 25 databases has corrupt design elements in them. I have seen them, but not in any database that has been regularly updated. Case in point--a customer sent us a database that was causing problems for one of our tools. Our investigation found that there was a piece of code laying around that was modified by a Mac designer client--no, not something new, but left over from 10 or 12 years ago. And we all know that Notes is famous for leaving stuff laying around. For example, put in a Hide-When formula, but don't check the box to use the formula.
I don't know if this is a good thing or not, but stuff gets left around. But my contention is that corrupt design elements used to be a problem, but the problem is less prevalent today, in fact, so rare that it is not found in modern databases. I do see more interest in the subject as people are looking to upgrade to ND8, which is a good thing. But by this point, most people have already been through at least one migration, fixing any corrupt design elements that had been left around.
But what is your experience? Do you still find corrupt design elements?
I don't know if this is a good thing or not, but stuff gets left around. But my contention is that corrupt design elements used to be a problem, but the problem is less prevalent today, in fact, so rare that it is not found in modern databases. I do see more interest in the subject as people are looking to upgrade to ND8, which is a good thing. But by this point, most people have already been through at least one migration, fixing any corrupt design elements that had been left around.
But what is your experience? Do you still find corrupt design elements?
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Posted by Scott Cochrane At 05:08:48 PM On 06/08/2008 | - Website - |