RTFM questions (formally RE: PL/SQL)

From: Craig Munday <Craig.Munday_at_ecard.com.au>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 22:37:57 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003FE353.20020128222018@fatcity.com>

The problem is that if you always ask the group for help, you never learn where the information is within the manuals or other reference documentation and the group also gets cluttered with trivia.

I agree with you that the list is here to help people and I personally do not mind the odd naive question from a new DBA, but it is the "...can't be bothered to look up the manual.." attitude that is most frustrating.  When you ask the format of a command (for example) to the list, you are potentionally asking 1000's of people the same question who will all have to spend the time to filter these questions - we are all busy people and I personally do not want to use my time in this way.  I'm sure you can see that this is a much more expensive option than asking the person next to you.

  
Cheers,
Craig.

-----Original Message-----
From: rabbit_at_emirates.net.ae [mailto:rabbit_at_emirates.net.ae] Sent: Tuesday, 29 January 2002 2:55 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: PL/SQL

Why do you bother being on this List: The list is here to help fellow DBA'S. Have you never said to one of your collegues , what is the format of this command, or how can I do that, when you simply cant be bothered to look it up in the manual (either your busy or just down right lazy): Sometimes this list is useful for just that. So why dont u lighten up dude.

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