On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> wrote:

>

> 0) Please read

> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

> By Eric Steven Raymond

> and

>

> http://radio-weblogs.com/0117767/stories/2004/05/19/whyIDontAnswerYourQuestions.html

> Why I Don't Answer Your Questions

> By Ted Roche

>

An excellent suggestion!

I'm astounded the radio-weblogs.com site is still up. They've been

out-of-business/in statis/bought by somebody else for a decade now.

An updated link, same content:

http://blog.tedroche.com/2004/05/19/dont-answer-questions/

>

> Keep a set of test data so that you can restore to a known point.

>

>

> Others may be interested in your problem, because they have run into

> it, too.

>

> If you post a "Never mind. I solved it.", the "Never mind." will

> probably be applied to your next question. You might not want that.

>

Well said!

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