Joseph, I don't think it was a rude request at all and the story would have been different if your question was about openoffice spreadsheet! This is a linux user group not Mickysofts.
Rob an other dutch man On 03/17/2010 09:57 AM, Joseph Ssekandi wrote: > Dear all, > Personally I was stung by this rude dutchman's post below and I had > decided to let it go only that a few interesting things have turned up. > 1. This isn't the first mailing list I am subscribing to and all lists > have a certain characteristic about them(rude, polite, helpful, > strictly expert, talkers etc). I decided to find out about yours and > guess what, no archives available at > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug !!! Where are your archives? > 2. Just after this post, one of the list members contacted me offlist > and we worked on this problem. Using MySQL!!!!!!! We created the > database, exported the excel file I posted into a CSV and imported it > into the database using the LOAD DATA INFILE command, when it reached > there we wrote a number of beautiful SQL statements using order by, > limit, multiple where clauses, creating subtables from queries and so > on. We only stopped because on other Excel dedicated forums I had got > the answers. > SIMPLE LESSONS IN THIS: > - Lets not be narrow minded, if a M$ problem comes up, we can solve it > in Open source and hence indirectly convert the poster.If we can't > atleast that will be a lesson learn. Lets not simply discard. If the > list had kept an open mind, believe me, what happened off list would > have been invaluable to any MySQL newbie. Throw in the experts, it > would have been explosive. > - Every forum has an elder, and many of them work hard to maintain > that status. I was made to understand that this Victor fellow is > highly respected on this forum but from such statements, its time you > challenged his stand and question his other postings and views. They > could be counter productive. > > Regards > Joseph. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Victor van Reijswoud <[email protected]> > *To:* Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Mon, March 15, 2010 9:38:29 PM > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] Excel blues > > Can we get these kind of silly excel questions of the list - this is > linux/open source/unix list. There are plenty of excel/M$ lists in the > world. > > Search and you will find. > > Victor > > > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Joseph Ssekandi > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Nope, no class assignment. > > Trying to develop a system to beat the bookies :-) > > If you look at both spreadsheets, you can see the trend. Now are you > going > > to help me? > > > > Regards > > Joseph. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Mwirima Byaruhanga <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Cc: Joseph Ssekandi <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Sent: Sun, March 14, 2010 10:52:15 AM > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Excel blues > > > > If this is a class assignment, cheating is bad. > > > > Joseph Ssekandi wrote thus on 3/14/10 11:28 AM: > >> OK guys, no offense meant whatsoever by asking for excel help but I am > >> excel challenged and I seem not to have anywhere else to turn :-( > >> In the the first file attached, is a sheet showing the 2006 Turkish > >> league. Could you guys help in how I can fill out columns G, H, I, J? > >> Remember, at one point a team is a home and another point the team > is away. > >> The computations should be consistent. > >> In the second file, is payment record for 3 men to a loan shark over a > >> given period. This morning, the loan shark received a payment of > $2.25 but > >> it wasn't marked from who. What is the probability that the payment > was from > >> Geronimo? What is the probability that the payment was from Herod? > What is > >> the probability that the payment was from Amon? > >> Your kind help will be greatly appreciated > >> > >> Kind regards > >> > >> Joseph > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LUG mailing list > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >> > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >> attachments if any). 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