Re: SQL Question: Describe <tablename>;

Bigus Dickus wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time to go
> pouring through documentation, especially not last week. I needed some answers
> from my DB and the DBAs weren't around to ping. While I was in the process of

An extra sentance in your original post to this effect would have brought a different & more suitable response, from me at least. Sometimes I need to be reminded of the difference between "can't read" and "don't have time to read right now" - many questions seem from the former camp & those I'll always encourage with pointers to the doc.

> looking through other books, etc. I thought I would toss the question out to
> the NG. In my 15+ years of using usenet, I have found that a question, such as
> the one I posted, will receive 3-4 answers that are F'ed up or flames from
> snot-nosed punks who think that it's 'cool' to be a hacker or something but
> couldn't tell you what BBS stands for, and 1-2 intelligent, constructive
> answers.
>

I know roughly what you mean. However, when I look at the type of question you posed, as well as your sender/return address and the lack of a .sig, my first impression is that your either trolling or pretty green.

> [snip] However, sometimes when we are under the
> gun, we are a little too close to the problem to see the obvious.

Aside: The question "Where did you get the impression ..." is an attempt to capture pointers to either new info that I missed or to bad info that should be stomped.

/Hans Received on Tue Apr 01 2003 - 09:29:12 CEST