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Old 11-11-03, 22:33
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Does no-one read the doco?
This is my first week here and I really gotta ask.... does anyone read the basic help/doco that comes with products any more?

In the case of MS SQL does no one real the Books on Line that come with the product, with ASP/VB.Net/C# don't people visit MSDN and try and find examples and solutions before they start screaming for help?
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Old 11-12-03, 02:03
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I guess it is human nature. Just like electricity, follow the path of least resistance.
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Old 11-13-03, 17:40
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Human nature - "I want it now! I want someone to supply it for me! And I don't want to have to expend the effort to find out for myself!"

Perhaps a good cure is to have everyone learn programs like I did: Fortran IV on an IBM 360 with card reader, and over-night batch processing. Talk about responsive!!
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Old 11-13-03, 17:42
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See, now if it was human nature, wouldn't we all be doing it?
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Old 11-13-03, 17:43
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When you're as old as me, then human nature is a faint memory!
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Old 11-13-03, 19:26
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Well .. talking of me .. BOL is the holy book for me for SQL...
For rest of the languages ... I think its better to take an experts help .
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Old 11-13-03, 19:27
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heheh atleast you read the BOL. It's a start....
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Old 11-13-03, 21:00
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well ... i have knowledge of what i am looking for in SQL Server . not in case of other languages . What about u ? do u refer BOL(The Holy Book). You will find me quoting a lot from the Holy book in the forums
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Old 11-13-03, 21:06
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definately,... I work on a policy of trying to help myself first... BOL, then some web searching, and or other books that I have about the place...

After that if I am still stuck then I start asking others... unless I know someone that I am sure has encountered the problem before....
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