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Posted by Martin Jay on 09/28/48 11:47
In message <swa9g.747$n14.254@fe03.lga>, robert
<ab@no.spam-alama-ding-dong> writes
><snip>
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>| I offered the "magic code"
>| alternative as a way for him to avoid modifying code he was unsure
>| about.
>again, magic code is NEVER a good plan, strategy, or methodology for any
>programming endeavor. and what's worse is that you are encouraging this kind
>of bad behavior/habit in someone whom you believe is completely new
>tocoding. that's worse than bad form!
LOL. Careful snipping so you can continue to make the same point AGAIN
and AGAIN. I didn't advise using the method or encourage it.
I wrote:
"...you could give $surname a nonsense value before doing the search."
It's a statement of fact.
>the IDEAL solution would be to handle this in the sql statement and NOT the
>code...like:
>
>SELECT *
>FROM foo
>WHERE fieldSearched = '$valueToFind'
>AND '$valueToFind' != ''
>
>problem solved!
"THE" SQL? I didn't see anything about SQL mentioned.
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Martin Jay
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