Waterproofing bricks

Thanks SeatIbiza. Good to know there's no such thing as rising damp. But I'm a little confused so just humour me. I always thought a damp proof course was to prevent rising damp, i.e, to provide a horizontal barrier stopping moisture rising by capillary action from the ground. It's been said in this thread that a chemical damp proof course is useless, which is presumably what has been injected into my bricks several times and failed. It's also been said that a membrane damp proof course is effective. Effective for what then if there's no such thing as rising damp?
 
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