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.
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
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…
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.
Developer Humor
lowTechSecurity
by u/5eniorDeveloper in ProgrammerHumor
Original Post:
Eres tan pobre que cuando se cae AWS aún puedes entrar a tu casa
— El Programador Senior (@5eniorDeveloper) October 21, 2025
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