Sorry to keep delving into this, but today at work we were setting up and configuring the system that was now working (see previous posting). We spent several hours testing and retesting the configuration. We had one more thing to do – getting the scripts working on Windows – but we called it quits until the next day. I stayed a few more minutes waiting for my ride home while everyone else left for the day.
At the last minute I was looking at the code I had gotten working yesterday and I suddenly realized that we were using the wrong version. Instead of using the current version (my assumption) we were using an old build from weeks ago. So in the last five minutes at work I swapped in the newest code and the system failed. Ugh! All I could think was that my work this weekend was for naught – I had fixed the wrong version. Leaving work I was deeply worried and depressed that our team’s heady optimism of a few minutes ago would be dashed tomorrow morning when they realized that they were working with the wrong build.
I got home, ate, logged on to work, and continued. I got the latest build and installed it on the same machine. I checked to make sure that it was installed properly, and ran the installation verification. This time it worked and I checked the system output logs to make sure. It looked good. So I breathed a sigh, looked up, said a little prayer, logged off, and went to watch some TV. I gotta stop having these deep lows and sudden highs within hours. They’re not good for me.