ops! ops! ops! I wonder : Who does have the reason in this discussion? Mr. Jason Teagle or Mr. David Freeman
Being honest, I would say 50% and 50%. At 09:45 04/06/02, Jason Teagle wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'Jason Teagle'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'PHP Mailing List'" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:58 PM >Subject: RE: [PHP] MySQL - Creating The Database > >How very sad. It's not new - I've seen things like this on many lists and >newsgroups. Apparently it is easier for people to be sarcastic and give a >flippant RTFM response than to actually help people. The only list I've ever >seen that actually treated newcomers with a bit of respect in most cases is >WinDev. > >Here's an example of what a good answer would have been: > >"MySQL databases aren't single files like other types. They're like >directories with files as tables. >PHP itself can create a database, take a look at mysql_connect(), >mysql_query() and the CREATE DATABASE SQL action." > >See? It gives the answer, involves no sarcasm or mockery, and above all, >actually HELPS the OP. > >But no... being a smart-ass is easier, right? > >The trouble with wise guys like these is that they assume: > >1) That the OP has not bothered to try to find the answer. >We're not all geniuses, we can't all think laterally all the time, we can't >all come up with the right way of finding the answer. For the record, I >_did_ look online using Google and _did_ look around the PHP manual, but was >unlucky enough not to end up on the route that shows mysql_create_db(). My >misfortune. > >2) That the OP already knows the answer. >Coming from a number of other programming languages where it is not possible >to create a database programmatically, it is natural to assume that the same >might be true of PHP. Had I known that PHP could create it from scratch, I >would not have needed to deal with this pathetic situation. But I didn't >know, so I stupidly thought that I might get some help from a list >pretending to help people trying to program in PHP. > >Obviously, I was wrong. Also my misfortune. > >Don't bother responding, I have left the list. Plenty of places where people >are actually willing to help. > >-------------------------------------------- >_ _ >o o Jason Teagle > < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > v >-------------------------------------------- > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ________________________________________________________ Juan Pablo Aqueveque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ingeniero de Sistemas Departamento de Redes y Comunicaciones http://www.drc.uct.cl Universidad Católica de Temuco. Tel:(5645) 205 630 Fax:(5645) 205 628 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
