[ILUG] RE it must exist

[John P. Looney]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 11:20:59AM +0100, Anton Whalley mentioned:
> You could try 
> http://www.codegeneration.net/
> 
> Specifically 
> http://codegeneration.net/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=19
> 
> IMHO these yokes can be a little dangerous.
> You need to be clear about your intentions with the app. 
> 
> If you are going to fire and forget the app then they are great but in most 
> scenarios whatever you generate often needs extending and there is a risk that you 
> then have to start ploughing through someone's concept of a 
> 4GL to modify the functionality which in turn means that you waste more time than 
> you originally anticipated. 
> 
> If you are using an SQL Server 2000 a quick fix would be to use the xml functionality 
> and put a XSLT in front of it. You could alias your fields to tell the sheet what 
> to do with the data. 

 Hmm. Mad, I didn't think it could do that. But yes, I'm looking for
something that'll keep code and data structure separate. So, I can add new
fields, and never have to change the code.

john