Re: Is it possible to change dbname?

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:19:06 -0700
Message-ID: <1122704318.680109@yasure>

Sybrand Bakker wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:15:39 +0200, "Matthias Hoys"
> <idmwarpzone_NOSPAM__at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>

>>Simply referring to tahiti.oracle.com, Google or "RTFM" should be avoided 
>>and is - IMHO - impolite and showing a lack of respect to the OP. I'm sure 
>>that people who found this newsgroup know of the existence of Google ;-) 

>
>
> But it is quite clear they never use it, and they never search.
> Also in many of those 'RTFM'-case simply searching for the term they
> provide on http://tahiti.oracle.com would have resulted in an
> immediate correct response. Now they have potentially to wait for
> hours.
> IMHO the lack of respect is on the side of the OP: he demonstrates he
> is too lazy to do anything himself, and he is prepared to have others
> do his work for him. When I started using Oracle I didn't have any
> access to Internet or Usenet at all, and likely it didn't even exist.
> So, YES, I did read all those manuals, and everyone can and should do
> that.
>
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

Echoing what Sybrand has written I'd like to add that those that read them should reread them from time-to-time. The manuals are not static.

Too many people find an answer on the web that gets them through the immediate crisis and never read the next sentence.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)

Received on Sat Jul 30 2005 - 01:19:06 CDT