> I found that the Postgres mailing list was full of very polite, super
> helpful people. I found that the MySQL list was full of relatively cranky
> people with little patience.
>
> Over that last year, I've I think I've discovered why. The average quality
> of the questions posted on the MySQL li
At 12:22 -0700 on 04/30/2004, Eric wrote about Re: triggers (or
too-many-crappy-questions):
Hi,
Can we have list for people who just like to give newbies shit? How
about [EMAIL PROTECTED] How much have you
guys paid for your support hmm? This is a free mailing list and I
don't really se
Hi,
Can we have list for people who just like to give newbies shit? How about [EMAIL
PROTECTED] How much have you guys paid for your support hmm? This is a free mailing
list and I don't really see why people have to moan about a few simple questions every
once in a while. The people who moan ab
David Griffiths wrote:
Maybe a new MySQL list is needed - one called Dumb Questions, and when
someone posts one to any other list, someone can quickly respond, "Please
repost this on the MySQL Dumb Questions list, as that's where it belongs".
The footer for the Dumb Questions list should be, "This
> That's true, but if history is any guide, the very next posting
> on this subject will contain the question:
>
> "So, when will 5.1 be available as a production release?"
When we were evaluating databases, I looked both at Postgres, SAPDB, and
MySQL. I've been subscribed to the MySQL and Postgre
