Naveen,
I don't believe that anyone on this list will reprimand a beginner for asking beginner questions, as long as he or she has done some homework first. The gist of the article is that listservs are a great place to ask questions and get different viewpoints, but don't make it your first stop. We're all real people with real jobs, trying to also have a life apart from work. If you pore over the SQL manual trying to figure out how to use SIGN and DECODE functions to emulate an IF statement in SQL and can't figure it out, and have checked via google.com for articles on the subject and didn't find any help, then ask someone here. Everyone here that can answer the question will be glad to help. Don't stop here first though. We're not librarians, just other people that can help out when you get stuck. Jared On Thursday 31 January 2002 01:22, Naveen Nahata wrote: > thats about right. i guess both the sides r right and wrong here. > a novice shud not ask very basic questions without doing some research, and > the experts shud not insult him for the basic questions, which may not be > basic for him! atleast nobody shud get cooked food, everyone shud work for > it a bit! i'd suggest the beginners to go to the discussion forum at > technet, to get better and more couteous response to their queries regards, > naveen > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions Great stuff seeking new owners! Bid now! ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
