Serious, you need to gain some skill in Object oriented programming. One key skill would be understanding the ins and outs of reflection. With reflection, you can write code that can handle virtually an class type you can throw at it. I am also in my early 40's but I made sure to learn Object Oriented programming first in Visual Fox Pro and then some Java code and finally the .NET framework during my 30's.

If you need to write a series of different CSV formats with specific field names and some hardcoded values, consider using reflection to write a custom writer class that you can pass in a format map class and the data class into. The data class should have all data you want to expose stored in public properties if you are using .NET. If you are writing to XML, just create a class with a property hierarchy to match your data structure including the hierarchy and use the builtin XMLserializer. Be careful if you plan on outputting to a string first as strings are Unicode (UTF-16) whereas XML is usually UTF-8. You might have to extend the Stringwriter class with an Encoding parameter.

I hope someone finds these tips useful.

I feel sorry for you. May god have mercy on your soul. You should not blaspheme the holy spirit. I hope for your sake that you are an atheist because if you are not then you just doomed yourself.

Multiple vendors does what exactly? Increased internal support costs. Spread it around to more of your "friends" perhaps?

Your hubris.

Are you aware that some people cannot "talk" about their accomplishments because of where they work?

When you point a finger at someone, you have the remainder pointing back at you. Take a long look in the mirror buddy.

What's wrong with Song of the South? Are you one of this lilly livered liberals who like to ignore and whitewash the past so that nobody can learn from it?

And the backdoor password "Joshua".

Really? She sounds more like a Democrat to me. I thought the mantra of the Democrat party was equality through mediocrity?

The problem is that nobody would be able to find his member. In fact, he has not seen his penis in years.

The GPL is rape in license form. Viral infection of the GPL sounds like an STD left behind by a rapist.

The only laws that would exist under that situation would be those that can be enforced at gunpoint. A license for HAM equipment would be the least of your worries.

Basically some of you are saying that you would have sided with the third reich instead of someone like Bonhoeffer? He died in prison for refusing to go along with teachings that he found reprehensible. He took a stand against tyranny and paid for it with his life.

Are you aware the the law prior to the amendments made no mention of gays at all? It was basically, a right to refuse service based on your conscience. You support discrimination of people of conscience apparently. So you supported the nazis and opposed Dietrich Bonhoeffer? He died in prison for refusing to service the nazi agenda to force churches to teach pro-nazi propaganda.

The left seem to have a lot of fascist tendencies of late.