Actually read that title as SQL Monks, but I think the former sounds better...

In any case, I know we strive here at PM to keep posts on topic, the topic being perl. I've helped voted many an off-topic post into NodeReaper's fate, and the like, and I fully agree that PM should be about perl...

But given that 90% of what most here seem to do is CGI applications with a database frontend, it would seem that SQL-related questions would fit well here, except that I can easily come up with SQL-related questions that have no perl aspect to them anyway. (Specifically, I do have a question on optimizing tables away related to my DBI and JOINs post). USENET is a wasteland in terms of trying to get decent help for SQL nowadays, and to the best of my knowledge, there is nothing like PM for SQL. It's also not something for passing in the CB. There's probably more than enough experience in using SQL here that I'm sure my question could be easily answered or at least sufficiently responded to to point me in the right direction. While I could go ahead and post it, and get answers, I'd rather not tempt fate and risk a bunch of new users posting more SQL than perl and wrecking the site after following my example.

So the question boils down to: would posting a purely SQL question be considered bad karma for PM?

Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com || "You've left the lens cap of your mind on again, Pinky" - The Brain

In reply to SQuirreL Monks by Masem

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