still_rookie said:
what tould you do on a forum when there have been 300 views and no replies ?
This is a perfect example of why using (as near to) perfect English as possible is the best method of communication on a forum where the common language is English. I have no idea what that question is asking. Is
tould supposed to be
told or
could?
Also, not every user of an English speaking forum is a native English speaker. Using slang, text speak, and colloquial phrases mean nothing to them or don't translate correctly so it should be avoided. Why shun the help of a native Spaniard or Dutchman if you use British slang which isn't taught in ESOL (English for Speakers of an Other Language) textbooks.
1. People are more bothered about, lets say, the appreance of the forum, as, some people complain about slang, some of you complain about urgency, instead of actually posting something useful and now you say im demanding, when after looking at my posts several times, you could even say if you understood or you didn't
Let's address these one by one:
People are more bothered about, lets say, the appearance of the forum
I don't know what you mean here but there are certain things which are beneficial upon a forum when done right. Asking a question: it's important to ensure that you get as much detail about your problem into the title of the thread rather than just typing something unhelpful as
urgent, help needed. The reasons?
1) Most people will look at threads that interest them. They might see a thread called
Looping Through A Recordset with ADO and decide to read it because ADO is something they know they can help with. Using
urgent as the title says nothing about the problem and means that people have to open the thread to see what the hell it is about - and this is also one of the reasons for the high views, low replies.
Another reason is that bots indexing the forum for their respective search engines view each thread as they spider through the forum - these bots, who obviously can't help, add to the total of views.
2) The forum is not just about helping one person with their problems. It's about helping everyone. It's a well known fact that people run into similar problems when using tools such as Access and the good forum user knows to search the forum's archive (and the web) to see if the problem has been solved before. The search function, though, is only as good as the title of the threads. It's this that most searches are performed upon so while many might search on
looping+
ADO+
recordset you won't find too many (or any) that use
urgent as their search keyword.
2. Why in god's name would i even come here if i found what i needed in my "research" ????? So think before you post please.
But what "research" have you actually done? You are more likley to get help if you can demonstrate what you understand about the problem, what you have tried, what results that you have got and why they are wrong. This demonstrates that you are actually trying to solve your problem and not just expecting an answer to something you can't be bothered either doing or learning. The more information you can offer then the more accurate and authoritative the information that can be returned.
3. Harldy anyone on this forum is polite enough, even the mods are not polite.. Ive been through some posts and the mods are exceptionally rude...
The forum has been online for a number of years and there is a great feeling of community here - some people have even taken the time to meet up in "real life". It is full of professional people with jobs who still come here when they can to help others and what precious time they offer is a godsend. I, and others, give of a great deal of our time to help people on this forum and your initial post asking for a response "by Friday" did nothing but belittle the efforts given. You are looking for free advice so that means there's no guarantee you will get any and you certainly can't expect any or give orders.
So, you think the mods are rude. I assume you are referring to me since I think I'm the only mod that has dealt with your posts. I don't consider myself rude - only blunt. I'm busy; I don't have time to pander to people.
This is not the way forums work.
Since you don't know how to express yourself on a
technical forum and how a
technical forum
should work -
technical, not some random chat forum - I can consider this a pointless comment.
This is very unprofessional stuff, and i can find better access forums on the net.
Go find them then. You'll probably find me and many others here on them too. Small world, eh?
BTW, check out the
www.invisionize.com if some of you haven't already.... That is the way forums should work. Every post is meaningful. Not talk about peoples attitudes n go off topic. sigh!
Ok, I've checked out
Invisionize and I fail to see your point. They have their own list of guidelines (
see here) for posting which you obviously haven't read. Funnily enough they suggest you explain your requests with as much detail as possible. So, to get all syllogistic: that forum requires detail to get answers/replies, this forum requires detail to get answers/replies, so that must mean that this forum works just the same as that forum.
Talking about people's attitudes is important as it's accepted
etiquette - we're busy people. We don't need crap from people who treat the forum's community as a resource solely for them. See my previous comments about every question being for every user of the forum - even those that are yet to join or know the forum even exists.
I hope you get your answers - Access security, as has been stated, is a very big subject. I suggest finding information about it from the
Microsoft Knowledge Base*, reading the information and coming back with specific questions and showing some proof of using your initiative to solve your problem.
Personally, I don't use Access Security. I prefer to create a table of users, their username, and a field for password, and use the Environ function as the database opens to validate them as a user. How does this method sound? It's a lot easier than getting bogged down in Access Security.
* If I remember correctly, there is a downloadable document somewhere in the Knowledge Base that takes you through some security information/tutorials.
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