Multiplying Strings
by in Representative Line on 2012-12-06It was supposed to be simple. The plan was that Alex would temporarily inherit support an old VB e-commerce website for a week while a colleague was out on vacation. With the web being out there for years and years, Alex assumed that most of the old bugs had been squashed leaving him with a nice and quiet week on his hands. As it turned out, Alex had assumed incorrectly.
Shortly after taking temporary ownership, an issue arrived where small discounts were being hugely exaggerated on the invoices. Naturally, this resulted in the issue being made into Alex's top priority.