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The problem with some questions is that they just show that the posters want to do things that are a tad too complex for for them right now. Which they might not even realize.

It is often obvious that the poster will not fully understand the answer unless they look at the doc. Hence the you should really grab a book chant and the answer.

Just giving the answer would probably result in some kind of cargo-cult programming. I think that exhorting the poster to read some more about the answer is the quickest path to enlightment.

Amen

In reply to RE: Are there questions to basic? by mirod
in thread Are there questions to basic? by OzzyOsbourne

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