I just had an amusing thought, this morning. You know those
old Mario
Brothers games, video games , where you have to bounce
on everything you
see, every rock and tree and flower.... until you
discover the secret
place where you get power points, or warp into the next level?
Well. A lot of software is just like that!
Last night, trying to make a VBA routine to talk to
Postgresql
through MSAccess with ODBC.... it is like BOINKING and poking on every single
place, nook and cranny.... until you get it right, by accident. Come to
think of it, I did hours of boinking and poking to get Postgresql windows
install to work. (They should just have a few words for dummies like me,
saying "Hey, dont be afraid to install this as a windows service, because the
uninstall can undo everything,... AND dont think of installing it as the other
option, unless you really know what you are doing, and can do the initdb
thingey yourself, because it just wont work.)
Some guy had a tutorial about Excel and VBA and he says "go here to add a
BUTTON" to excel... so... I launch excel, and look EVERYWHERE,... and
nothing in sight,... SO, I go back to his tutorial and he says "right
click ANYWHERE in the task bar, and
these options open up" ...
WELL... I did that, and , LO AND BEHOLD,... there
the darn
thing is.... now WHO in the name of Heaven would ever dream
of going there
and right clicking?
