Just to let you know that I have left the employment of Cap Gemini.
I shall be starting at Masons (City Law firm) on Monday
My new address will be:
Dr. C. N. M. Pounder
Masons
30 Aylesbury Street
London EC1R 0ER
e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>
phone 0171 490 4000
Cheers
Chris
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> From: David Swarbrick[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 Nov 1998 11:27
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: copying data for development purposes
>
> In message <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
> writes
> ># >To assist in the development and support of our systems we rely on
> using
> ># >copies (unamended) of data from 'live' systems as test data.
> ># >
> ># >Does anyone have a view as to whether this is acceptable practice,
> ># >in particular whether we are in breach of DP legislation ?
> >
> >my understanding is that we are encouraged (in fact told to at my
> >initial DP training many years ago, I am sure Chris Pounder will
> >confirm!) to create dummy databases to use for test/development
> >purpose at all times, otherwise you must only use the live data
> >in line with the 8 principles which is not the purpose of testing
> >ie looking for bugs, errors, duplicates etc.
> >
> Dummy databases never cut the mustard. They are usually created by the
> people who described the data in the first place, so they never can test
> the corners in the way that live data can.
>
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