Thread: oledbdatareader vs dataset?

Originally Posted by picoflop

Personally I never believed that the world would implode on 1.1.2k

Still it remains a fact, that fixing old programs (like making sure that a grandgrandma doesnt become a toddler) was a quite expensive tasks. Didn't they even teach ppl Cobol again, bc many old apps where done with it and the original programmers wherent available anymore?

Yep, and the doom mongers said "too little, to late"

The y2k problem was known about and being catered for in the 80s in the systems where it mattered, so there was some future thinking going on.

I also got to thinking more about my statement "cross bridges when you come to them" and the parallel of the millennium bug and I dont really see it. Concluding that a lack of the former precludes events such as the latter is like responding to me that I'm advocating developing a program that ius broken and doesnt work because you'll cross that [doesnt work] bridge when you come to [release the program] -> there's a base level of foresight that's necessary and also it must be considerd what is actually worth thinking about in terms of future need.

Depending on the situation it DOES make sense to look into the future. Though "performance" probably is not the biggest problem, because if the problem arises somewhere in the future, available hardware will probably be able to handle it.

Totally agree, though Moore's law shouldnt be an excuse for burning up resources unnecessarily but the games industry tends to do it (release games that are possibly beyond the capabilities of all but the very best hardware) and it drives the hardware companies to play a useful game of catchup. Quite mercenary, IMHO

the parallel of the millennium bug and I dont really see it

Because I tend to disagree that y2k was a "known problem". Hardly none (I guess only of course) of the original programmers ever expected that their code would be used more or less unchanged for more than a decade.

Back to topic:
I would think that "dataset vs datareader" is a major design decision, that can not easily be changed somewhere in the future without more or less completely rewriting most parts of the app?

Originally Posted by picoflop

I would think that "dataset vs datareader" is a major design decision, that can not easily be changed somewhere in the future without more or less completely rewriting most parts of the app?

It's probably something you'd migrate gradually..