Now that the Clob.getSubstring() thread is back on track,
I wanted to try to clarify my OK/Not OK post in Clob.getSubstring()
thread and apologize for any trouble it caused the community or
Lance. There I think were actually many points of misunderstanding.
and poor judgment on my part.
1) I certainly was totally off base in thinking Lance was talking about
the user code. It was something else entirely and I was clearly
misinterpreted it .
2) Given that misperception, I did not make clear the my reasoning for
posting which was not out of personal insult but more out of general
community concern.
a) That developers are nervous about posting their code or posting
to the list. Humorous jabs can make that worse and the problem is not
that they feel insulted, they just feel hurt and embarrassed and feel
this tremendous need for time travel to go back and fix it. Of course
they can just post new code or a clarification to their post to fix it
but still there is this tremendous apprehension.
b) The general tone on derby-user. I actually have a filter set up
for my derby-user mail, which is sad. I think sometimes the tone on
derby-user is not the supportive environment I would like to see it be,
so thought it might be good check in on what was OK/Not OK. Even if
this was what I thought it to be originally, I didn't think it was
really bad, just a point for reflection.
3) I did not give proper context or indicate the level of seriousness
for the OK/ Not OK exercise. I am the mother of a 9 year old and we
have been engaging in OK/Not OK interactions since my son was 3. The
flow goes something like this.
Parent - Think about what you just said to Johnny. Was that "OK" or
"Not OK"
Child - "Not OK". "shouldn't have said "stupid"
Parent - "Good. Now go play and be nice to each other"
4) I have a tendency to bring my motherly tendencies onto the list which
is sometimes "Not OK" Will work on that.
Anyway, I have made a thousand mistakes here on the list, including the
4 above in just this one post. My time travel machine has been broken
for sometime so I send this repost to help understand each other and
try to improve and try to make the end result is as "OK" as it can be.
Thanks
Kathey
