Note in-line.
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Regards
Jonathan Lewis
http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk
The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ
http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html
April 2004 Iceland http://www.index.is/oracleday.php
June 2004 UK - Optimising Oracle Seminar
"Ed Stevens" <nospam_at_noway.nohow> wrote in message
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> Comments embedded.
> >
> Ouch. On second reading of my "why would you assume .. . " and first
> reading of your "I assumed you were smart enough . . ." I can see
> where it could look like we're starting to get prickly with each
> other. I truly hope that's not the case. If my question came off
> with a negative connotation, please accept my apology. It was made in
> all innocence -- just looking to fill in some more gaps. I'm acutely
> aware that I don't know what it is that I don't know, and the size and
> complexity of Oracle leaves me in constant fear that I'm overlooking
> some key piece of knowledge or understanding.
>
It's easy to see why some of the threads on this newsgroup
get so overheated. I certainly wasn't feeling prickly, and hadn't
read any negative note in your 'why would you assume that' question.
I meant exactly what I said in reply- I read the question, I read the
author's
name and went through the process of "well, it might be X, but he'd
have thought of that, therefore ... " Then, of course, I realised my
error
too late, so your follow-up question made perfect sense exactly as it
stood.
Re-reading my reply from cold, however, I can see that a sentence
starting with:
"Because to start with I assumed you were smart enough to ..."
carries an enormous threat of an impending put-down. It wasn't
intended in that way at all. My apologies that it looked that way.
Received on Thu Apr 01 2004 - 09:03:47 CST
