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in reply to Re: Database access problem
in thread Database access problem

Thanks for this gentle and insightful response. Posts like this are one of the things that set PerlMonks apart as a site where people (even lazy people) are patiently taught to fish rather than being given a quick meal. Not that responses like Where's my pony? aren't funny, but I suspect some readers don't understand the humor and chalk them up as monks being spitefully mean.

As someone who has occasionally been unsure about whether a question had 'enough Perl' in it to justify a SoPW post, I appreciate your analysis.


No good deed goes unpunished. -- (attributed to) Oscar Wilde

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Re^3: Database access problem
by Fletch (Bishop) on May 19, 2006 at 16:26 UTC

    I'm actually surprised. Aside from the complete lack of context, any explanation of what's expected, any error messages, or useful direction besides the Neanderthalic "Ugh code no work" I could see where this might actually be the first recent posting have a vague marginal amount of Perl relevance out of the gate which wasn't stealth edited in after people have already downvoted it into the bowels of Worst Nodes.

    Granted he's still a bozo who won't bother to learn from How (Not) To Ask A Question no matter how many people point him at it.

    And I still want my pony.

      "Ugh code no work"

      That is hilarious.