RTFM/ SUPPORT, etc WASRe: Index & Constraint

JoJo, take a hint from someone who'd been doing oracle for 11 years now.  The docs are ALOT better than they were in 5.x/6.x days. Heck you dont even have to buy oracle anymore to read the docs. They used to come only in paper, than using Oracle Book(anyone rememeber that one), and now on the web.

99% of what you need to know is in the docs, with probably 80% of that for the newbies is in the concepts manual. Truly someone should read that from cover to cover(ok web page to web page) before even asking the RTFM type questions.

and Yes most of us who are tired of the people who ask before even bothering to look it up, delete the email but then at some point we get peaved with all of the elementary questions posted and tell them to rtfm.

I look at metalstink daily, it aint no wonder i can't get support to work on some serious bug issues, when they spend time answering ("how do i create a user"), can't really blame support when they're answering RTFM type questions instead of spending time working on legitimate bugs(and yes i call support usually AFTER 2 weeks of working on an issue my self, they are my last resort, when i've exhausted all of my friends, cohorts and this list for my issue).

joe

JoJo Al-Zawawi wrote:

>Come on, you guys.
>
>If you don't want to answer somebody's question, all you have to do is
>Delete the e-mail. You really don't have to respond rudely. You don't even
>have to say "rtfm". You could NICELY point out, "your best bet is the
>manual." You know what? Sometimes for us newbies, the manuals just aren't
>clear. We looked and couldn't figure it out. Does that make us stupid?
>Maybe, maybe not. What do you care? This forum is for answering questions.
>I won't post questions to this forum anymore (I decided that a long time
>ago). I read others' postings and see what I can learn from them.
>
>I really get sick of the arrogance. I'm a newbie in Oracle, but I expect
>decency from others. I'm not a newbie in other areas, and I answer others'
>questions politely, even the most basic questions. That's what the forum is
>for. If you're too important and/or too busy to answer "basic" questions,
>then just don't answer them. Click that "delete" key.
>
>Why do you care so much? Get over it (your own self-importance). YUCK.
>
>--(Mrs.) JoJo Al-Zawawi
> Glendale, California
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 2:08 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>Hamid,
>
>First, I don't think it's "high class" to misspell my name intentionally
>(you did it more than once).
>Second, "rtfm" is best advice, you can get, when asking such generic
>questions, which show your unwillingness to "do your home work" and
>which could (and should) be investigated first using documentation,
>published books.
>
>Now, I can call the f@#$% manual, whatever I want, I guess it depends on
>the quality of the particular manual :-)
>
>Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
>ineyman_at_perceptron.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Alavi
>Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 6:31 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>Igore,
>I didn't expect even in this group you can find such low class
>people!!!! If you want to use these sort of words please keep it for
>yourself.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 1:18 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>rtfm
>
>Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
>ineyman_at_perceptron.com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 3:46 PM
>
>
>>Hi List,
>>What's the diffrent between unique constrint & unique index, when we
>>have
>>
>to
>
>>use which, I think both are the same.
>>Any Idea?
>>And what about normal index & reverse index? when we have to use
>>normal
>>
>and
>
>>when reverse index, I think Reverse index normaly using for FK index,
>>Is
>>
>it
>
>>right or not?
>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Hamid Alavi
>>Office 818 737-0526
>>Cell 818 402-1987
>>
>>
>>
>>
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