Colin Essex,
I am very surprised by your reaction.
1. There was no indication in your post about your deadline. So,
there was no mean for people willing to help to know that they had to be particularly quick and comprehensive.
2. In my particular case, not knowing that this was an emergency for you, I was about not to answer at all if it were not that I considered misssion's answer 'dry' to say the least.
3. First sentence in my post was as the same time directed to mission who seemed to make a secret of having re-invented the wheel, and to let you know that there were many ready to use examples available.
4. Second sentence was less about criticism than about telling you that if the sample code I was about to provide was not what you were looking for, you could relatively easily find other ones, and how you could.
5. Last line was to provide you with a code sample (hyperlink to a free, easy and quick to use sample DB)
6. I feel odd that I may have to justify why and in which way I tried to help you. But since you seem to consider that this is the case, let me state that I took about 10 minutes of my time on a *very* busy day to actually do a search on Internet and provide you that hyperlink, thus doing the most that I could on that circumstance given my own obrigations: I have been working on concluding, before the end of the week, the preparation of an emergency humanitarian assistance program for a country scourged by war. However, I took that time without hesitation because I needed a break and thought I could help.
That were my motivations and state of mind at the time.
But now, I do not just feel surprised but also irritated by your attitude. So, I will say it straight:
1. You cannot expect people to read you mind. If you have particular expectations, you should do the minimum effort of being accordingly informative about your needs in you post.
2. You should grant people the benefice of doubt that they may have much more important things to do than post void comments in jest or 'sarcastic comments' or 'sly digs', and conversely that when they post this may represent a real effort from their part to help you.
3. You should understand that the contributions you receive represent what people can offer you at a given time based their own constraints and obrigations. Therefore they may not be always equally comprehensive according to the specific moment, person, subject, and his/her understanding of your request.
4. There are a number of so widely treated subjects that indicating you resources like the search feature, internet, or the Access help are pointers to quick means to find help, not signs of contempt.
5. Whatever your urgent need and the way you may make it clear through your request, you cannot take for granted that you will get a fully detailed, ready to implement answer. It may happen. I believe that people on the fora know that I do so when I can.
But as a matter of fact, help can not always match your expectations.
If so, then, as you say: 'fair enough'.
Since as far as I know there is no one on this site whose obrigation or paid occupation is to provide help, when not grateful for the contributions received, you should at least not be despiteful.
Regards.
