Good points. I'll re-word it. In addition, I've been spoiled by Stack Overflow => responses are often within minutes after posting the question.. Thanks!
On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 1:36 PM Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support] <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > On 2019-10-08 14:18, Clyde Eisenbeis cte...@gmail.com [firebird-support] > wrote: > > Everything worked up to the last step. After a variety of bounced > > emails (some with the registration <code> in the subject), I was > > finally able to post a question on the website. As of today, there > > are no responses. > > You posted your question yesterday, you can't expect an instant > turnaround for what is essentially a mailing list for users and > maintainers of Firebird-net-provider. The help you get is from your > peers/volunteers, so people will only answer if 1) they know the answer, > 2) find it interesting to answer and 3) have time to answer. > > In addition, to be rather blunt, your question[1] is not really clear. > That is, it is not apparent from that question that you have a problem > with using Firebird Embedded from C#, nor what you already tried, what > errors you get, etc. You are only repeating the questions that I already > answered on this mailing list, and those questions are not directly > related to what you really want to know: how to use Firebird Embedded > from C#. People on that list who also follow this mailing list will > likely skip it as already answered here, and for others it doesn't > really invite an answer because it is not a clear question. > > Reading back, I did say "you should take your question to the > Firebird-net-provider Google Group", but I hadn't intended it to > literally post the message I was replying to verbatim to the > firebird-net-provider list. > > Present your real problem and ask a direct question about that. Don't go > off on tangents. For example, the question you asked earlier on this > list > ( > https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Firebird-support/conversations/messages/134475) > > would be far better to ask on the firebird-net-provider list (although I > would suggest to provide a bit more details about your project, your > deployment and where you put Firebird Embedded). > > > When I reviewed a variety of databases two years ago, I selected > > Firebird because I was able to create a database and implement it with > > my exe (nothing else required). I liked it. > > > > Priorities redirected my efforts then. > > > > I'm a bit puzzled why others are not interested in implementing > > Firebird with this approach. It simplifies everything. Nothing else > > needs to be installed. Just run the exe. > > Why do you think others aren't using Firebird this way, because they do. > > However, for a lot of applications, using Firebird server is far > superior to using Firebird Embedded, because multiple applications, on > multiple machines can then use the same database. > > > Are there any other support options? Thanks! > > See https://firebirdsql.org/en/support/ (which for free support will > just point you to these mailing lists). You could also try Stack > Overflow, but asking a question like you posted on the > firebird-net-provider list will likely just get downvoted and closed as > 'unclear what you're asking' or 'too broad'. And there you would be > confronted with the same problem: people need to want to answer your > question and have time to answer your question (writing a good answer > takes a lot of time). And as I'm one of a few people answering Firebird > questions there, I'm not sure how helpful that will be. > > [1]: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/firebird-net-provider/vRSP14OIt3U > >
