Problems like this make us IT folk seem magical. I routinely remove blank spaces from "empty" fields, rename files without slashes, quit and reload applications "doing something weird." The list goes on. Just this morning I changed an exclamation point a "1" to fix an error with a calculation.
Many of these things can and should be programmed to work, despite the user error. But just as it can be hard for users to understand the fault in their ways, it is difficult for the programer to consider many of these possibilities when deploying applications.
Many of these things can and should be programmed to work, despite the user error. But just as it can be hard for users to understand the fault in their ways, it is difficult for the programer to consider many of these possibilities when deploying applications.