Throwback Thursday: October 23, 2025

With over a million words scattered across more than 1,500 articles on this blog, you've probably missed a few things here.

That’s why each week in "Throwback Thursday," we’ll revisit some standout posts. Expect a blend of my personal favorites, insightful articles from other great minds, and a touch of coding humor to keep things light.

Highlights from NoLongerSet.com

The Pluralize Function

You don’t have to settle for messages like, “1 record(s) inserted.” This simple function is an easy way to format strings for pluralization in VBA.

No Longer SetMike Wolfe

Now you have two problems

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems. --Jamie Zawinski

No Longer SetMike Wolfe

NOTE: The Pluralize() function has a dependency on my RegExReplace() function, which was recently bitten by an Access bug during the rollout of new, built-in RegEx methods.

Bug Alert: Assertion Failed on RegExp Calls in Access 2508

Two separate sightings of the same error on two entirely different machines within hours of each other is likely no coincidence. I hope this doesn’t ruin my long weekend…

No Longer SetMike Wolfe

Wisdom from Around the Web

The article below from AccessForever.org has details on the new RegEx class recently added to the standard VBA library:

VBScript goes away – Our code will stay

VBScript Regular Expression are replicated in VBA and a lot of FUD over the VBScript deprecation is resolved.

AccessForeverPhilipp Stiefel

Developer Humor

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