Re: Rename a Oracle table

    There are two three regulars here who are routinely rude to posters. ( I've never met them but my mental image is a cranky middle-aged guy, in awful physical shape, pedantic, no meaningful relationships, and who has no life other than being on these forums 24x7. )

    It doesn't take forum visitors very long to figure out who they are. They've been criticized many times here and their behavior hasn't changed a whit. So the only realistic thing to do is to ignore them.

    You'll also see that the real experts, Tom Kyte, Jonathan Lewis, Mike Ault and others are always calm and polite.

"Tim Kearsley" <tim.kearsley_at_milton-keynes.gov.uk> wrote in message news:725736ef.0210280622.10fb16e0_at_posting.google.com...
> "Tiger Woods" <clintonn_at_meb.co.za> wrote in message
news:<3dbcdfee$0$18844_at_hades.is.co.za>...
> > Yea, I agree.
> >
> > Some of the guys have only been working for a few months, and some for
> > years.
> > Just because you have some experience, don't bash the new kids, you only
> > make yourself a target.
> >
> > Relax mate, you are way too serious.
> > If you get aggravated reading "silly questions" then get off the list
and
> > don't reply to the questions!!!
> > We are all here to help each other.
> >
> > Clint
>
> Well, this list (and plenty of others no doubt) just reflects the same
> mix of people you find in life. You find people who are always
> helpful and are polite even if they are telling you where you are
> going wrong or have said or done something which doesn't align with
> their particular view of the world. And then you find people who just
> get a kick out of demonstrating how "superior" they are or putting
> down those who happen to have less knowledge or experience in their
> particular area of expertise. There are several of the latter who
> contribute regularly to this group and there are lots of the former.
>
> I too have received the "Read the manual" reply in the past (I'll
> leave you to guess who from!). Surely the whole point of a newsgroup
> such as this is that you can tap other people's resource of knowledge
> (and hopefully put some input back in, in time), rather than possibly
> spend hours looking through a manual? It's a bit like having a
> "virtual ultra-experienced DBA" sitting opposite you isn't it? And if
> you ask a daft or really simple question and no-one answers it, then
> so be it. Better that than this stupid, bandwidth-wasting sarcasm
> which a few people seem to take great delight in.
>
> Obviously it is in everyone's interest to take a while to search the
> newsgroup archives and online manuals to avoid asking questions which
> have been asked before. But if a "time-wasting" question does come up
> then either ignore it or answer politely. You wouldn't (hopefully) be
> rude to someone if they asked a question to your face, so don't do it
> here either.
>
> Tim Kearsley
> Database Manager
> Milton Keynes Council
Received on Mon Oct 28 2002 - 17:26:38 CST