[FX.php List] Feel my pain...

[Bob Patin]

I just started working on a project for a guy who wrote his own  
database; one of the bad things about FileMaker's accessibility is  
that some people actually think they know how to write this stuff.

So I opened his relationship definitions this morning, and found the  
most incredible mess you can imagine. I've now spent almost 10  
minutes searching for a relationship, but haven't found it yet--it's  
under some of the other ones. These are only 2 screenshots--there's  
MUCH more! In the 2nd screenshot, there's a single table with about  
30 or more relationships built off it. Good programming there. I  
don't think this guy would know a key from a lock.

I particularly like the spider web in the 2nd shot. BTW, I made sure  
that his anonymity is protected by making this so small that the text  
is blurred... he also made me sign an NDA to protect his "very  
complex programming," as he told me. Yes, I certainly wouldn't want  
to steal his secrets!

Thought you guys would need a laugh this morning... feel my pain. I  
dread this project.

Bob Patin
Longterm Solutions
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