I've learned ... I've learned ... Before I ask a question on CF-Talk, and I do ask a lot of stupid questions, I guess, so my system isn't perfect ... but ...
-- Check my printed docs; check the online docs (especially now with livedoc). -- Search google -- Search macromedia If I still haven't found the answer, or something helpful, then I ask a question. I generally don't check the list archives, but I often find that a frustrating exercise in trying to drill down to exactly what my issue is. For some reason, I can rarely find the right post that answers my question, and have to read through a lot of stuff that doesn't help me. That's not to say that I haven't used the archives successfully, and I still do try them some times, if I feel my search params will be specific enough to extract something helpful. When I ask the question, especially on something complicated, I try to -- Include what steps I've taken to try and solve the problem -- Include my code, or at least one snippet of one of my attempts to solve my problem -- as much detail as possible about what it is I'm trying to do. -- version and platform and DB information, as relevant. That still doesn't stop unhelpful answers ... and I consider an unhelpful answer one that ignores the key question, and instead takes off on a tangent. That happens a lot on this list. Still, I've got to say, this is still the best development community on the net, as I've said before. CF-Talk rocks. I just thought I would post a little about what I learned over the last few years on the best way to use this list, since the subject was addressed in this thread. H. > -----Original Message----- > From: webguy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 3:44 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: OOP, Custom Tags.. > > > But it's dang good advice. As the admin for cflib, you wouldn't believe > > how many submissions we get for UDFs that mimic things CF already does - > > simply because people don't bother to read the docs and see what CFML > > can do. > > yes sometimes a RTFM is apt. > > I've always wondered if every mail that came to cf-talk was indexed > (removing stop words) and when a message was sent to the list a > auto-responder would search the archive and reply to the sender, with > most likely mail threads and CF documentation, how well it would work. > What % of questions would it answer you think? > > WG > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
