Cron job and deleted key not found

[Bob Stockler]

Mark Luljak wrote (on Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 09:54:23PM -0400):

| Confusious (Kenneth Brody) say:
| > However, just remember that this merely hides the error message.  It
| > doesn't "fix" the problem.
| > 
| > Do you have a repeatable problem?  If you rebuild the indexes, save
| > the file, and then run this report, do you still get the errors?
| > (Without the PFBIXERRORS=OFF or PFMBTO=1, of course.)
| > 
| > If so, please contact fpsupport and arrange to send them files to
| > duplicate.
| 
| Ken, you need to be cloned and get each employed at every company that does
| development and support.  :)
| 
| Seriously, I've dealt with some -real- carefree idiots in the last 2 months
| at several game studios and one application studio.  I'll be writing an
| upcoming article with several examples of how the industry is going to
| hell and what needs to be done to reverse the trend on both the user and
| developer side of things.  Article's already been planned for about three
| weeks, I've just not gotten to writing most of it yet.
| 
| But I'd love to quote your text above and just remove the "fp" for
| anonymity, as an example of how a developer -should- respond:  proactively
| when they even sniff a mild problem, rather than shoving it under the
| carpet and shrugging it off because the customer did--or because the
| developer can get away with convincing the customer it's somehow not the
| developer's responsibility.
| 
| People on this list should really value not only your input, but your
| dedication to Making Things Right--even when the customer may choose to
| leave well enough alone and ignore the underlying issue once they get rid
| of the symptoms.  That willingness to go the extra 20 miles and get it
| right is a -rare- commodity in our industry these days, and to your credit,
| you have that quality--and my utmost respect.
| 
| Yes, I've had differences with fP-Tech before.  Yes, this is the same
| person talking.  When I feel something is botched, I'll rain down no end of
| criticism, I acknowledge that.  But by the same token--if someone does
| something -RIGHT-, I feel they deserve equally high praise.  I can't read
| your post above without saying, "Damn, now you just don't see developers
| with that much follow-through and dedication very often anymore!"  The
| example above deserves a LOT of positive recognition--more than I alone can
| give.
| 
| The product, company, and community are all very lucky to have someone that
| cares that much and stays involved.  It's always been that way, but this is
| an example that (ever more, it seems) will set good developers apart from
| the rest of what's out there.
| 
| Thanks for restoring a bit of faith and showing that some developers still
| care enough to do the right thing!  And may you have a terriffic weekend!

A well written, and well deserved, kudos to we filePro user's
best friend.  I concur 100%.

Bob

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