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July 1999 News

  • Bug eats Access data
  • Take Notes of BA
  • From Aluminium to Copper

Bug eats Access data

MS admits to an Access program error that can lose data.

If the user is in a long form within the "Form View" mode and deletes a database entry in a list and then moves to another record. If a subsequent record is accessed via the Combo Box, the program does not recognise that the first record has been deleted. Any changes made might actually take effect on the last listed record, rather than the intended target.

A get around to ensure data integrity is:
- go to Access Design View
- right-click to open Combo box
- type in "me-requery"
- Save the database

Take Notes of BA

BA plans to roll-out Notes to all of its 24000 users. The delay in the release of 5.0 will not put the roll-out off course. Already > 10000 of BA's employees are using 4.5.

From Aluminium to Copper

Move over Aluminium, Copper is on its way. IBM have solved the problem of damaging the silicon substrata. Copper is a far better conductor of electricity than aluminium allowing chips to be more power efficient and to run faster. As the interconnects can be smaller, less metal is needed and production costs are reduced.

Shorties

  • MS DNA is gaining support from Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft.
  • SUN abandons full ISO accreditation for JAVA and goes the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) route.
  • The Gartner Group warns against early adoption of the MS Transaction server or COM until the back end of 2000. The technologies to track are COM+ and Enterprise Java beans.
  • HP abandons its EMC relationship and heads for the SANs. HP are now working with Hitachi and integration with their fibre technologies.
  • SAP is dabbling with thinness. The objective is to speed-up deployment and simplify the implementation. In parallel SAP are offering an IBM mainframe solution, replacing Oracle with ADABAS. Is this the empire striking back as SAP returns to its roots?
  • Fore systems gets swallowed by GEC. Nobody seems to know why. Cisco & 3Com will not lose any sleep - yet!!!!
  • Almost 75% of ERP implementations have failed to deliver the projected business benefits. Between 50-75% of UK ERP implementations were unsuccessful. Its all a bit like client / server revisited.
  • Day rates dwindle for SAP experts as the millennium approaches. Many of these highly skilled experts are coming off projects with nowhere to go - lets hope they have been saving a lot of their daily fees for a rainy day.
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