in reply to Re: Newbie can't see the forest
in thread Newbie can't see the forest

As a rule, if you provide some sample code, people will be a lot happier to help you (it shows you've put some work in yourself, and you're not getting other people to do it for you).

I'll try and not take offense, I've been busting my butt on this problem.

I left out the code to keep it simple. It has to be a SQL problem and I thought that since the use of SQL in Perl programming is used so much, that there would be many Perl programmers with good SQL experience.

(holding his tounge)

thanks for your helpful advice (!)

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Re: Re: Re: Newbie can't see the forest
by Malach (Scribe) on Mar 07, 2002 at 00:57 UTC

    If you took offence, I'm sorry, it wasn't my intent to cause it.

    It's somewhat of a canon around here that posting code shows that you're actually working on the problem, and honestly stuck rather than lazy (or trying to get people to do your homework for you). Please note that I'm not suggesting that you're doing this, I'm just letting you know what seems to be considered standard here.

    Glad that someone could provide more help than I could at that time of the morning :)

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    Malach
    So, this baby seal walks into a club...

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