Re: Got a question regarding newbies

I think it's basically down to the emergence of

The internet
'Free' copie of Oracle software
'Free' copies of operating systems (Linux in all its forms) Oracle certification
Versions of Oracle that run on PCs

Most of the newbie questions can be answered by reading the docs (admittedly not so easy to find stuff now they're on CD - personal opinion :-) ) or doing a suitable training course. Alternatively a quick call to Oracle Support would clear a lot of the questions. It is obvious that many of the posters have no support because of the reasons above.

It's obvious that a lot of people are doing this at home - the 'does anyone run OAS on Windows 2000?' kind of question or 'how do I find out the names of my tables?'

Also as the majority of posters are from the USA, they do courses in college on Oracle, so we get homework questions as well !

[Quoted] As to Kenneth's comment about reading the previous replies - I am not aware of an FAQ ever being posted in this newsgroup. In comp.unix.aix, [Quoted] to which I also subscribe, the FAQ is posted every 2 months and is 6 messages long.

[Quoted] I guess most of them don't realise that its really helpful to find out where you can get information from (manuals, web sites, magazines etc) because there will come a time, when they have a real job, that newsnet is of no use at all.

Just my 2p (as we say in the UK :-)))

Alex

P.S

Best question so far:

 What is Oracle Gateway?
I need to know what it is, and need it implimented by tonight!

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:55:04 +0100, "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:

>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 Fri Feb 11 2000 - 13:39:10 CET