Re^5: Sharepoint Automation?

[moritz]

It seems like every time I run across these "Yes you can use CPAN" threads you guys are basically encouraging someone to make a potentially career limiting move by circumventing company policies

Sorry, I can't let that stand as is. Neither Tanktalus suggest circumventing company policy, nor do I. I explicitly prefixed my advice with If the inability to download files is your biggest hurdle. If there is a policy against it, that's the biggest hurdle, not the inability to download files.

Showing solutions to technical limitations is hardly a career limiting move.

Granted, the OP is usually vague on this point, so what I would suggest is that you specifically ask about it first

Sorry, I think that's completely backwards. If somebody asks a question here, (s)he is supposed to invest some time and energy come up with a good, coherent and answerable question.

If the question shows some probable lack of knowledge, I think it's perfectly fine to give some pointers to resources that talk about the topic, or write something about it. It's the employee's job to know the company policies, regardless what somebody on the internet says.

I don't live in the US, and I won't print "warning, hot" on coffee cups.

[Argel]

There's nothing wrong with giving additional advice in general, but your approach could be better. I mean, look at this thread -- did the "yes you can use use CPAN" threads add any real value? Or help answer the actual question? No, they didn't. Worse, the OP was bombarded with what are essentially off-topic questions. A better approach is to ask if policy prevents the use of CPAN modules first. In this case, the answer would have been yes and that would have been the end of the "use CPAN" threads.

[moritz]

did the "yes you can use use CPAN" threads add any real value? Or help answer the actual question? No, they didn't.

I'm curious, how do you know that it did not add any value, for anybody reading the thread?

For me, perlmonks is not just about answering questions, but about teaching people who want to learn about Perl.

Worse, the OP was bombarded with what are essentially off-topic questions.

I don't consider questions that might lead to a solution (through modules) off-topic. But this discussion certainly is, so I will discontinue it after this node.