Jason Selburg (11/27/2007)

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....You're...

Steve Jones - Editor (11/27/2007)

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We could put a posting guide, though I'm not sure many people will read it.

I think I'll re-run this once a month or so to...

Wow! So many great comments and ideas... I can't keep up with all the posts! Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy day to...

Opus (11/27/2007)

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As someone who generally posts more questions than answers, I thought this was a great article. Any way to make this required reading before someone creates their first...

David Bird (11/27/2007)

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I liked your SQL example. Inserts into tables with Identity columns can be challenging. So besides providing excellent advice on submitting forum questions you provide a flexible script...

One can only hope, ol' friend. And, thanks for the compliment 🙂

Heh... I guess the "bad code" example was so bad, that the Code window couldn't handle it... so, here it is... sans code window...

select v.* from #mytable v, ( select...

rudy komacsar (11/27/2007)

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Jeff, the article is excellent ! (I have to look at the site to cast a vote - 5 stars in my book).

Steve, maybe we can put a...

Kenneth Fisher (11/27/2007)

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You know all of this remind me of one of my favorite help requests I had when I was a lead developer years ago.

"Its broken"

Literally .. that was...

Hi Lynn,

Thanks for the...

-=JLK=- (11/27/2007)

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Nice article Jeff. Great "how to" without being to pushy. Nothing puts me off answering a post like having to much "up front" work so I can...

Andy Warren (11/27/2007)

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Good write up and I agree there are lots of things users can do to help get their questions answered more effectively, and I do agree that there...

Loner (11/27/2007)

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Actually I tried to answer that question, it was quite a challenge !!!

Sometimes it is hard to write a question, I read a question that is a page long...

Jeffrey Schmidt (11/27/2007)

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I have only recently joined the forum and consider myself an intermediate sql developer (I'm getting back in the game after an hiatus).

I thought that this input was...

Kenneth Fisher (11/27/2007)

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Great article Jeff. I much prefer to spend my time answering a question and not coming up with test cases.

Now its been awhile but as I recall...