Is the job putting a peg in a hole? Then no, you can get by with a shallow knowledge of the job.
Now, for web applications.....different story. So Mr. H uses "tools" to generate his sql. Mr. H pastes it into his coldfusion code. What are the odds that Mr. H knows how to successfully curtail a sql injection attack on his code when he doesn't understand the basics of the sql language itself? A little knowledge is always dangerous. On Jun 17, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Captian Oblivious wrote: > Ok, ignore the car analogy for a second-- > > Do you, or don't you, need to have more knowledge than is required > to do > your job? > > We'll disregard efficiency, and those other, for this thought > experiment, > tertiary factors. > > Do you need to know more than you need to know? > > I hear [Big Software Company] has people that design stuff, and they > don't > even know what it is that they're designing. They know the little > bit that > they need to do, but that is all. > > How could someone design...? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262109 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
