Re: Does anyone think this group needs splitting into subgroups?

Lee Levy wrote:
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> My main problem with all these splitting options is that I work in
> Forms development and am NOT a DBA, therefore I probably dont want to
> read any DBMS stream - but I have learnt a hell of a lot by looking at
> the (answers to) the SQL queries that appear here (being self taught
> on that side) I think that most of these would be posted in the DBMS
> thread - so I would miss them.

Well, if you find the DBMS group useful, you could read both!! Not that hard to do! Actually, a dedicated SQL group makes more sense, since this is a common thread to many other products.

The real problem here is that, for example, I don't care anything about Forms, CDE, etc., but I still have to trudge through all of these posts as well. Right now, I don't have a CHOICE. Splitting the group gives you the ability to choose what to read and what to ignore much more quickly.

> This is really just a generic reason - I've learnt a lot from many
> supposedly irrelevant things here, but I am not going to be able to
> justify access to a newsgroup that supposedly doesnt pertain to
> my work.

You really have to justify access to each and every newsgroup? You don't think you can say "I need everything in comp.*?" Or at least everything in comp.databases.oracle? I'm having a hard time giving any weight to this argument.

> That is why I will be voting against the split!
>

I guess if you already have enough free time on your hands, reading this huge newgroup doesn't bother you. ;-)

Stan

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