Two for the road, Report from Clerk & Nonstandard Subtotals

[Jeff Harrison]

--- John Esak <john at valar.com> wrote:
(Jeff wrote)
> > Instead, what I tried to do was describe a
> solution
> > that would give you the following final result:
> >
> > A report that combines multiple files, and also
> does
> > additional subtotaling after the grand total. 
> Also
> > this report should not be corrupted by multiple
> > instances running at one time.
> 
> I was entirely aware of this throughout this thread.
> I was trying (all that
> time) to tell you that the solution you were
> providing (as good as it truly
> was) was not addressing the single _requirement_
> that I wrote the original
> message about... standing on the record for which
> the report was running.
> You just didn't get it and I'm sorry it dragged on.
> 

Yes, I asked you quite early on why this was a
requirement.  This is what I was trying to tell you I
do not understand.  Instead you kept explaining to me
your technique, as if I did not understand that.

> >
> > And yes, I feel that you were shutting me out
> here.  I
> > also feel that you were denigrating my abilities
> by
> > saying repeatedly that I had come up with nothing
> new.
> 
> Pure bullshit Jeff, you know what I think of your
> ability... and I have
> stated it many time publicly here (and privately to
> many people). I'm afraid
> that you had not come up with anything new in this
> particular regard as it
> related to the "specific" need I was talking about.
> You just missed it over
> and over and kept saying your ways would do the same
> thing... which,
> finally, we agree it won't. I feel a little
> vindicated... and as for
> denigrating you... bullshit, Jeff. I have always
> thought better of you than
> to see you bring up such complete nonsense.
> 

So, you are telling me my feelings are bullshit?  I'm
just telling you how your tone came accross to me.  I
thought that that may be helpful for you to know.  

Please, John, I think you are jumping the gun here. 
We do NOT agree at this point.  You still have not
explained why your approach is necessary.

> >  (I actually thought that creating a unique
> qualifier
> > on the fly was a pretty cool idea, and original as
> far
> > as I know).
> 
> Well, I probably shouldn't do this... It is a
> wonderful, and clever idea...
> but original... not hardly Jeff. I published the NEX
> Accounting Group over
> 18 years ago and that is a prime function
> throughout its reporting Menus. Generating
> qualifiers on the fly, and the
> "mkqual" and "delquL" scripts were also something I
> published quite
[snip]

Well, I called my "mkqual", "delqual", and "uniqual"
so at least that was original. :-)

[snip regarding reply all]

> I tried to explain that, also, Jeff... now c'mon...
> I meant if you were just
> responding to me and not the list as well...

This was just a joke.  Get it?  A tricky way for me to
get the last word :-)

> and
> yes, just sending to me is
> hard for me... I tried to explain that , too.  Let's
> let me have the last
> word this time, huh?  :-)
> 

I will.

> John Esak
> The Greatest FilePro Programmer In The World
> 
> 
> (I'm a pisser, aren't I?  :-) 

Finally we are in agreement!  :-)

> And you thought all
> those other guys know how
> to instigate??? :-))
> 
> 

You could give them lessons :-)

Jeff Harrison
jeffaharrison at yahoo.com

Author of JHExport and JHImport.  The easiest and
fastest way to generate code for filePro exports and imports.

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