if it ain't broke, don't change the damn format!

[tielan]

Ugh. Work colleague has changed the input format for one of my files; no consultation, no query about what I'd like, no check for what I was already using.

"Oh, it's this format now; it has extra data from custom tables."

Except that my data transformation from input format to output format doesn't use the 'extra data from custom tables' - and the new input format seems to eliminate some of the necessary data that I need to produce the output format.

I am Not Happy. The output format has already changed once before; I had to remap the entire thing. Now he's telling me that I have to remap the input file, too?

This is supposed to be my last week here. I have a torn calf muscle which means: I can't play hockey, I may not be able to endure standing up long enough to quilt my show quilts as they need to be done, and I'm pretty much cut off from doing any of the things I usually do, which does not make me a happy camper AT ALL.

*grr*

Comments

[copracat]

Oh my God.

[tielan]

Eyup.

[everbright]

That's frustrating just hearing about it.