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TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts) Thu Apr 30, 2015, 01:49 AM Apr 2015

Punctuation Saves Lives!

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Punctuation Saves Lives! (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2015 OP

Bet they taste like chicken. Solly Mack Apr 2015 #1

LOL! TexasTowelie Apr 2015 #2

Yeah. That stops me a lot too. Solly Mack Apr 2015 #3

Soylent Green is gourmet cuisine! jmowreader Apr 2015 #4

Eats, shoots and leaves. hifiguy Apr 2015 #5

Punctuation fucks up file names, database queries and other key fields seveneyes Apr 2015 #6

In those instances I agree with you. TexasTowelie Apr 2015 #7

Solly Mack

(90,765 posts)

1. Bet they taste like chicken.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 01:59 AM

Apr 2015

TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)

2. LOL!

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 02:13 AM

Apr 2015

I have a snappy comeback, but I'd get in trouble if I posted it.

Solly Mack

(90,765 posts)

3. Yeah. That stops me a lot too.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 02:15 AM

Apr 2015

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)

4. Soylent Green is gourmet cuisine!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:37 PM

Apr 2015

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

5. Eats, shoots and leaves.

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:39 PM

Apr 2015

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)

6. Punctuation fucks up file names, database queries and other key fields

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 07:40 PM

Apr 2015

The gap between English majors and programmers is too wide ...

TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)

7. In those instances I agree with you.

Reply to seveneyes (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 08:03 PM

Apr 2015

About fifteen years ago I attended a Microsoft Access class and we were working with file imports using CSV data. One of the other students mentioned that only a portion of his records were imported using the file import wizard. It turns out that her data included the names of legal firms which frequently includes commas and she didn't use any type of text qualifier (like enclosing text fields inside quotation marks). I received a phone call from that lady the next day after she returned to work and followed my suggestion for importing the data. She was very grateful to have her issues solved--of course, the instructor that taught the class didn't think of that solution.

It was another example where real word experience trumped instructor knowledge. I also knew a few other tricks that the instructor was not aware of and I probably should have taught the class instead.

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