Re: Frequently Supplied Answers

"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:tNOdncTjQe4Th8bcRVn-rg_at_comcast.com...
> The problem in c.d.t. as I see it is not the questions that keep
recurring,
> but the answers that keep recurring, over and over again. Here's a
sample:
>
> "First, off, it would help if you posted DDL with your question, instead
of
> the half assed table descriptions you gave us. Second, I can tell right
away
> by your use terms like "records" and "fields" that you aren't even
thinking
> in terms of SETS! Until you learn how to express the problem in terms of
> sets, you'll never get anywhere! Now that we've established that you're a
> basket case, here's the answer to your simpleminded problem..."
>
> "If you really want to build a relational database, why are you using an
SQL
> DBMS?"
>
> "Why do you want you tie yourself down with a bulky, expensive DBMS,
> anyway? All the really smart application programmers (like me) get lots
> more bang for the buck using a simple language like 'Pick'!"
>
> "If you weren't an inferior intellect with an untutored mind, you would
not
> have any problems with normalisation to begin with. It's a sign that you
do
> not think logically. Next time, tell your manager to hire someone
qualified
> to design the database!"
>
> "Have you considered 'Star Schema' instead? Why don't you go off and
study
> data warehousing for about six months, and then come back and see if
you're
> asking the same question?"
>
>
> OK, so these are parodies of some of the regulars (including one of
> myself). But something along these lines is the first answer to almost
any
> low level question asked in this forum, depending on who answers first.
> And none of the regulars is going to change his/her mind, no matter how
many
> times these answers get posted!
>
> Maybe we should just catalog all these answers, and pop them up every
time
> a newbie wanders in!
>

You forgot, "I'll try being nicer if you try being smarter" and "I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my way", and last but not least, "I can see your point, but I still think you're full of s**t." Received on Thu Sep 30 2004 - 15:27:15 CEST