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    Rajesh R Subramanian
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    Just got a message box after the USER ID and password validation module took my inputs.

    "You cannot have this password because USER ID 34C has chosen this password"

    While porting a very old VB app to C++


    Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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      Just got a message box after the USER ID and password validation module took my inputs.

      "You cannot have this password because USER ID 34C has chosen this password"

      While porting a very old VB app to C++


      Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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      Bradml
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      If that was a real error message then that is one of the funniest things I've seen in software.


      Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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        If that was a real error message then that is one of the funniest things I've seen in software.


        Brad Australian - Christian Graus on "Best books for VBscript" A big thick one, so you can whack yourself on the head with it.

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        Rajesh R Subramanian
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        It is real and this VB app was written by a group of three college students some 2 years back. The company now wants our team to port it to C++. The app has an interface to manipulate database that stores information related to point of sale products. This list has to be frequently updated and so was the app designed. Various levels of users will have access to various functionalities in it.


        Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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          Just got a message box after the USER ID and password validation module took my inputs.

          "You cannot have this password because USER ID 34C has chosen this password"

          While porting a very old VB app to C++


          Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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          Gizz
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          Fantastic. Like the system I'm now working on, where the User table holds Password in plain text. Only worse. Superb.

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            Just got a message box after the USER ID and password validation module took my inputs.

            "You cannot have this password because USER ID 34C has chosen this password"

            While porting a very old VB app to C++


            Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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            Nemanja Trifunovic
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            You mean they forgot to include the user's full name, date of birth and CC number(s) in the message? :omg: That's just sloppy.


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              You mean they forgot to include the user's full name, date of birth and CC number(s) in the message? :omg: That's just sloppy.


              Programming Blog utf8-cpp

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              Rajesh R Subramanian
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              Yes. How mean of them! LOL.


              Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                Just got a message box after the USER ID and password validation module took my inputs.

                "You cannot have this password because USER ID 34C has chosen this password"

                While porting a very old VB app to C++


                Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                Bugra Barin
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                In their defense, you deserve to know who has been using your password all this time.;P

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                • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                  It is real and this VB app was written by a group of three college students some 2 years back. The company now wants our team to port it to C++. The app has an interface to manipulate database that stores information related to point of sale products. This list has to be frequently updated and so was the app designed. Various levels of users will have access to various functionalities in it.


                  Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                  Thomas Stockwell
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                  Be sure you keep the original message when upgrading, it is a very useful :).

                  Regards, Thomas Stockwell Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Visit my homepage Oracle Studios[^]

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                    Just got a message box after the USER ID and password validation module took my inputs.

                    "You cannot have this password because USER ID 34C has chosen this password"

                    While porting a very old VB app to C++


                    Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

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                    Michael Hendrickx
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                    That is very dumb! Unless they use the password as PK, but then again, that would be dumb as well.

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