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Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:41:43 -0400
From: Oisin Glynn <me@oisinglynn.com>
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To: Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Advanced Query
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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