As you know, I help out on forums from time-to-time… Well, a lot actually. But sometimes people just don’t seem to want to give up the most basic of information which might help diagnose the problem.
I’ve blogged about this in the past and this example, especially the response to my initial question, shows the utter uselessness of the information given.
Eejit: My stored procedure doesn’t work. It has an error.
(A stored procedure was listed with no obvious point of failure)Me: What is the error?
Eejit: The error code is not zero but another number.
(Note: Zero = success, an other number indicates various types of error)Me: What is the error code given?
At this point I just want to give up in dispair. Do these people go to their doctor and say simply: “I feel unwell. It hurts.” And then where the doctor asks where they respond: “Somewhere on my body.” Do they expect their doctor to diagnose them with that level of information.
