Re: Help Request

I do apologize for my comment, I didn't mean that I was looking for complete
solutions that I could just copy and paste, but a more complete explanation
with a little more direction. And, you have not read all the responses to my
questions to understand what I am referring to. Most of the responses to my
questions have been made under the assumption that I am an experienced
programmer. In other fields like techical writing, the standard is to write
at the eighth grade level and not assume that everyone can read at the
college level. The same standard could apply to this discussion group. Again,
I do apologize if I offended you.

"John Vinson" wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:18:10 -0700, "j1eggert"
> <j1eggert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >I do not mean to be negative or overly critical. However, I have been
> >disappointed with the responses received from posting requests for assistance
> >with problems. Very few times have I actrually received a response that
> >actually worked. Almost none of the code examples I received worked. The
> >information was too vague, assuming I have been programming for a long time.
> >It would help if examples given for code were more complete with instructions
> >on where to actually place the code and where to link it too. I am a visual
> >person and do better with step-by-step instructions and complete code
> >examples.
> >
> >Thank you for your time!
> >j1eggert
>
> Bear in mind: we who answer questions here are NOT paid tech support.
> We are volunteers, donating our time; some of us have salaried jobs
> (and answer in off time), some like me are self employed consultants,
> some are students. We answer many questions, sometimes many hundreds
> of questions. Some questions come from experienced people who just
> need a quick pointer to a solution; some come from people completely
> new to programming who need more help - it's not always obvious who is
> in which category!
>
> What you're asking is that every answer should be a complete, fully
> worked out solution requiring no effort or thought on your part, other
> than copying and pasting the complete code example into your database.
> I find this unreasonable. If you had hired someone to program your
> database that would be one thing; but this support is free of charge.
>
> Almost anyone here will be glad to clarify points that you're having
> trouble with, or expand upon an initial quick answer. If your first
> answer doesn't communicate what you need, please reply to it,
> requesting more help; if you make it clear that you're trying to learn
> to solve the problem yourself, and are just having trouble, we'll be
> glad to help. Just don't ask us to do all your work for you free of
> charge.
>
> John W. Vinson[MVP]
>
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