INFINITE - RES032

So how is INFINITE coming along?

As a general status update on the project, it is running slightly behind schedule and in terms of developers, resources are starting to get short due to people leaving.

Procedures completed are

* Get_notification_List
* Get_next_stage
* Get_user_access_code
* Get_user_access_proposal_stage
* P_get_user_access_rights

To be done

* P_validate_proposal
* P_update_proposal
* P_sustainability_contribution

These are the modules I spoke about in the last INFINITE post, there have been some issues with the project, some of the specifications hasn't been correct. In the system design specification the description of these modules has been inconsistent with the software that has already been written into the project meaning that components and functions named in the specification don't match up the way they should.

There have also been parts left out of the design specification which have been essential for the development of some of the procedures I am writing which has meant I have needed to go back to packages already written and modify them accordingly, one or two of these have been a sizeable amount.

The specification document was also written for the pro developers here, for someone of my experience I found it tricky to make consistent progress due to asking for help with the language and where I could find the data I needed within the schema.

One of the problems I faced here was not knowing PL/SQL, although I had worked through the training disks at the start of the year I still didn't know how to practically apply techniques that I've used in other languages, there are a lot of new things here.

Again, I am aware that the guys are very busy here but I cant help asking for the help I need and I can only go to one person on this project and I do feel that I'm irritating him with it.

These are minor issues though and even as I typed them up I cant help seeing them as excuses for whatever reason, probably as a result of my frustration at a lack of pace and skills. The way I would prefer to look at these little issues is they have taught me how to deal with these situations, I am learning PL/SQL from scratch since October 15th with only a basic understanding of SQL and no experience whatsoever in programming Oracle procedures, or experience with Oracle databases for that matter.

This is another great project.