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   Message 18,709 of 19,505   
   Bob Barrows to Jeroen Mostert   
   Re: SSE2008: #Tables, Stored Procedures,   
   01 Aug 12 16:02:45   
   
   XPost: microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming   
   From: reb01501@NOyahooSPAM.com   
      
   Jeroen Mostert wrote:   
   >> My company made the decision years ago to only support IE. Yes, there   
   >> have been some unhappy users, but we do have a captive audience who   
   >> need to use these applications to do their jobs, and we do not have   
   >> an army of testers and programmers to rewrite our applications to   
   >> ensure all browsers can be supported.   
   >>   
   > There is nothing wrong with the decision to use only IE in an intranet   
   > environment, especially if you have earlier already committed to   
   > IE-specific stuff like ActiveX.   
   >   
   > That said, that still doesn't mean it's a good idea to use ADO   
   > directly from client-side IE.   
      
   Agreed. Client-side validation is just not important enough to open a   
   potential security hole.   
      
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