Re: Got a question regarding newbies

You forgot 'Why do newbies automatically crosspost everything to ALL Oracle newsgroups' (I'm just a humble Outlook user, and this sometimes stupid program doesn't see it IS a crosspost).
Probably the answer is related to another problem: almost all newbies seem to unpack the CD, dump any paper docs included, and fiddle away. The rest ends up in the Oracle newsgroups. BTW Usually when a platform and version description is lacking, I don't even answer anymore, and that saves a LOT of time.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

PS I crossposted this one, purposively. Let the flame wars begin. I know we are both long time responders, and I must admit I considered quitting the ngs the last few months just because of the issue you address. It's all volunteer work, and I feel people should at least do something to get their issues resolved.

Kenneth C Stahl <BlueSax_at_Unforgetable.com> wrote in message news:38904321.73D4B53F_at_Unforgetable.com...
> I've been on this newsgroup for quite some time and have a couple
> questions.
>
> Why is it that every newbie on the oracle newsgroups automatically post a
> message asking for a way to determine the number of rows in a table
 without
> using count()?
>
> Why is it that every newbie also seems to automatically ask how to create
 a
> temp table in Oracle?
>
> It seems that the newsgroup spends an inordinate amount of time on these
> two issues and that newbies never read the thousands of messages on the
> subject before they post their own query.
Received on Thu Feb 10 2000 - 00:00:00 CST