I apologize for having posted this to the list. It was intended to be a private post directly to Brian. I was a little upset at the time that I wrote the post. This is not an excuse but an explanation for my not changing the recipient. I however stand by my original message. While you didn't actually use the word idiot the underlying message, at least how I read it, was that you were condemning Erik for either being too stupid or too lazy to read "even the most basic book on SQL". To me that's the same thing. It also implies that YOU HAVE read the "most basic book on SQL" and therefore know more than the next guy. I have found, on the MANY different lists that I have belonged to, that if you ignore the kind of people you all have described they eventually go away. They might post the same questions over and over and over again for a little while but they eventually leave. They might even throw a fit about not getting any help. So what? Who cares? Instead of posting about how we shouldn't help this person because we have already tried and tried to help them and they just don't get it, ignore them. I'm sure there is going to be more flaming for this response. However I felt that I needed to explain my reaction earlier and again apologize to the rest of the list for this public discussion that should have been private.Thank you, Katrina
If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all. --Michelangelo ----- Original Message ---- From: Brian Kotek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Talk <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 5:35:40 PM Subject: Re: do not increase counter is returns 0 Katrina, I held off responding to you to wait for the other replies that I knew would be coming. Hopefully by this point you realize that your comments to me were rather far off the mark, and that folks with knowledge of this ongoing situation actually agree with me. I assume you must not have known what has gone on with Erik and hopefully these additional postings have supplied the context that my initial reply did not. But even still, I neither called him an idiot nor attempted to show "how much more I know than the next guy". I would humbly ask that in the future, before you condemn me or put words in my mouth that you please make sure you aren't missing essential background information. I promise to do the same. ;-) Thanks, Brian On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Katrina Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't been a member of this list for a few years now, but I remember it > being a place where even the most beginning person could come for advice. > This is a community and not a place for you to show how much more you > know than the next guy. > I really don't think this response is appropriate and I'm sure that most of > the community feels the same way. How about next time instead of saying > "You're an idiot," you either give some good advice or don't respond? That > way there's no "waste of everyone else's time" reading posts that aren't > helpful. You might also find that you'll get better responses to any > questions you have if you're nice. > *Down off my soap box now* > Thank you, > Katrina > > If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, > it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all. > --Michelangelo > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Brian Kotek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: CF-Talk <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2008 9:37:46 AM > Subject: Re: do not increase counter is returns 0 > > If Erik would bother to read even the most basic book on SQL he could > answer > this himself since this could all be done in a couple of lines of SQL with > no loops and no CFML at all. But he'd rather waste everyone else's time > instead of spending 10 dollars. So please don't encourage him, Tom. ;-) > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Tom Chiverton < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Friday 30 May 2008, erik tom wrote: > > > not return returns a record then do not increase the counter (this part > > is > > > working) Also if the query.hours eq 0 and query.minutes eq 0 also > should > > > not increase the counter > > > <cfif getTimeAvg1.recordcount gt 0> > > > > <cfif getTimeAvg1.recordcount gt 0 and query.hours neq 0 and > query.mineutes > > neq 0> ? > > -- > > Tom Chiverton > > > > **************************************************** > > > > This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. > > > > Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England > and > > Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is > at > > Halliwells LLP, 3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EB. A > > list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any > > reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of > > Halliwells LLP. Regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority. > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY > > > > This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and > > may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee > you > > must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy > it > > nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its > > existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please > > delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 2500. > > > > For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306788 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
