• Phil Parkin (2/15/2013)


    Sachin Vaidya (2/14/2013)


    Hi Cadavre,

    Your response definitely shows a path to move ahead, thanks a lot for that.

    But on the other side, it was very rude. It will discourage people from putting any questions to the forum.

    To underline, this was not my tution assignment or homework which I wanted to get done from the forum (read spoonfeeding).

    To create an example, I suggested RankID as 3 and 4 but it is not limited, RankID's can be in thousands, so I will not be writing thousand CASE staements...

    What sounds like a cakewalk to you might be a bit 'tricky' for others, as all fingers are not same!

    But in the end, I would like to appreciate your effort spent in posting a detailed reply.

    Thanks and Regards.

    I know that you have subsequently apologised, but this message is out of order. If you need someone to do your work, hire a consultant. We are unpaid volunteers who help out when we can.

    I apologize once again if that will help.

    I would have removed this post if it was in my hands, but please give me a chance to explain that I was not demanding a ready made answer. Who am I to ask all these technical experts to do my work? I am a humble SQL learner and nothing else.

    I simply want to say that when one finds a problem tricky and someone else starts with a reply saying 'this is not all that tricky' on a public forum , it doesn't feel nice. It can discourage people who are not experts.

    I have high regards for this forum which has helped me to grow as a SQL developer over the years, so I will not put any post that will harm the reputation of this forum.

    From my side, this is my last reply to this particular post.

    Thanks