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Two months. My first time programming .NET and learning on the job. I was creating an application to import data into SalesLogix using their API. It crashed whe
by partisan 10y ago
Two months. My first time programming .NET and learning on the job. I was creating an application to import data into SalesLogix using their API. It crashed whenever there was a single quote in a particular field. Not knowing much of anything at the time, I assumed it was my own code, so I hammered away at it. I raised the issue many times and never got help, so I just worked around it, knowing it would be a showstopper in production. One day, a co-worker casually mentions to me that I should use the latest version of their API. Sure enough, it worked.
Fuck SalesLogix, btw.
- davismwfl 10y agoNever used their API, that bad eh? BTDT in just working around something because of time/cost constraints, but I have that personality that wants to understand and find the root cause even if we build a workaround. That is a good and bad trait, not everyone wants to pay for you to find the issue just cause you want to.
- partisan 10y ago> Never used their API, that bad eh? It was that bad back in 2003. Knowing what I know now, I would have pressed for a bug report, but it was/is one of those software packages where only a trained/certified person could contact support. Back then, I knew 0. I had a computer science degree, some hobby programming, but it was nothing compared to real world programming.