Re: How to RTFM

Hi Niall,

It's all very well for people to suggest Read The French Manuals (RTFM) but I can't help thinking it's not particularly helpful for us that could only manage an 'E' in our French exams. I'm sure they are many others in this NG that have little or no knowledge of French and yet the advice always seems to be RTFM (not Read The English Manuals or Read The Spanish Manuals, etc.).

I can't help thinking this is all some strange conspiracy ...

Cheers ;)

Richard
"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:3dbd3b95$0$8512$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
> In response to one of Sybrand's posts the following comment was posted
>
> "It's very easy to say "RTFM", but what if the manual actually consists of
> *** 23 *** Volumes (Oracle 8.1.7), some of them being 1000+ pages?
>
> As a beginner, you sometimes even don't know where to look up."
>
> Which isn't an entirely unreasonable comment. Fortunately Oracle
Corporation
> provide some excellent searchable documentation at
>
> http://TAHITI.ORACLE.COM . Putting keywords (say RENAME and TABLE) into
this
> search engine will often guide you to the relevant section of the
> aforementioned FM.
>
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> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
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Received on Mon Oct 28 2002 - 18:39:38 CST