> I haven't been a member of this list for a few years now, but > I remember it being a place where even the most beginning > person could come for advice. This is a community and not a > place for you to show how much more you know than the next guy. > I really don't think this response is appropriate and I'm > sure that most of the community feels the same way. How > about next time instead of saying "You're an idiot," you > either give some good advice or don't respond? That way > there's no "waste of everyone else's time" reading posts that > aren't helpful. You might also find that you'll get better > responses to any questions you have if you're nice.
Sometimes, the best advice is to say "read a book". Brian didn't call Erik an idiot, he just advised Erik to read an SQL book. That might not be the advice the poster wants to receive, but I think it's a fair piece of advice. If you post one or two simple SQL questions to a list, that might not a very appropriate response. If you frequently post similar questions that indicate a basic lack of knowledge of a subject, you should expect responses like that on any list, no matter how much of a community it is. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306734 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
