Re: Advanced Query

I would hope that your choice to use postgreSQL is because it is superior
technology that scales well financially... not because you get a warm fuzzy
from all your friends on the mailing lists...

"Oisin Glynn" <me(at)oisinglynn(dot)com> wrote in message
news:4485A237(dot)4070708(at)oisinglynn(dot)com(dot)(dot)(dot)
> Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
>>> Personally: I think your posts are getting annoying. This isn't
>>> SQLCentral. Learn to write your own damn queries or even better - buy a
>>> book on SQL...
>>>
>>
>> Personally: (being a newbie with an interest in developing a strong rdms
>> skillset) I've enjoyed
>> following threads like these. Even when the questions (to some) seems
>> overly simplistic, the
>> courteous respondents often share insightful solutions or nuances that
>> are not found in an "off
>> the self" SQL book.
>>
>> However, if questions like these are *really* off-topic for the pgsql-sql
>> I would be interested in
>> knowing what kind of threads are acceptable and on-topic for this list.
>>
>> Also, if there are other mailing lists (pg or other) that are better
>> suited for threads like this,
>> I would appreciate learning of them.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Broersma
>>
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> I would like to say that I have found the level of patience and help
> offered by the members of the mailing lists to be a key factor in my
> choice to use Postgres. And I feel that the response above would have been
> the sort of thing that would have turned me off., even if it was not in
> response to one of my own posts. Sometimes I may not understand the
> questions being asked or the answers being given but it sure is great to
> be able to search and find them later when you are the one hitting that
> same wall. If someone on a list like this rubs you the wrong way,
> personally I would ignore them, hence I expect to get zero responses to
> this! ;)
>
> Just my 2c this is a great resource and I would hope all feel as welcome
> here as I have,
>
> Oisin
>
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