Re: Why is it so hard to find?

Bob Woodward wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3F0F4EC4.5E59E08F_at_exxesolutions.com...
>
> > From here ... little or no sympathy.
>
> Boy you can say THAT again! I >>>HAVE<<< a valid domain! I was looking for
> a STRAIGHT FORWARD ANSWER and you people seem to think anyone who doesn't
> already KNOW oracle, has to be some kind of genetic THROWBACK. You guys
> need to quit looking down your snooty nose so much and remember there was
> probably a time that YOU didn't know Oracle, either!
>
> Post after post I read where you people tell others to go read this, go read
> that, go hire someone who knows what the hell they are doing, "sure we could
> tell you but if you have to ask then you're not smart enough to know what
> you're doing anyway", on and on and on. And I'll bet your hard learned
> knowledge was paid for by someone else, too!
>
> SHIT! You people are CRUEL in this newsgroup!
>
> Yes, my email address is correct and if you want start pissing on me, do it
> in PRIVATE. Oh, that's right. My domain isn't valid. But why do I even
> bother? Oracle isn't worth the hassle.

Not at all. The point is that we get lots of people that come here and ask us to do the most ordinary, easy, facile, basic tasks for them when the answers are readily available. Do we mind helping those that have made an attempt to help themselves? Absolutely not. Everyone of us here is donating time and energy and receives few thank-yous and lots of criticism: We do it anyway.

In your case I think what you asked for is outrageous in that it appears that no serious attempt was made to find the answer ... thus I am asking you to expend some effort on your own behalf. If what I've asked is too much then there is zero chance you will be successful with Oracle and I suggest you are correct that Oralce isn't worth the hassle to you based on your criteria. But to hundreds of thousands of us it is absolutely worth it.

This isn't cruelty. The fact is that we donate our time and can not answer questions with more than a few paragraphs of brief information: Often pointing someone to a resource such as tahiti or otn. If you can't be bothered ... look in the mirror ... not at us.

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Daniel Morgan
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