Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page

From	Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page
Date	2014-11-26 10:21 -0500
Organization	Ahungry (http://ahungry.com)
Message-ID	<87zjbej8cs.fsf@ahungry.com> (permalink)
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Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> writes:

> On 11/26/2014 8:24 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>> On 26.11.2014 13:51, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> On 11/26/2014 4:26 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>>>> On 06.11.2014 17:32, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>>> On 11/6/2014 10:39 AM, James Harris wrote:
>>>>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:m3g01n$eu7$1@dont-email.me...
>>>>>>> On 11/5/2014 10:54 PM, the pedantic troll Thomas 'Pointed Head' Lahn
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Next time, ask questions the smart way:
>>>>>>>> <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Smart questions.  Dumb answers - but typical of Pointed Head.
>>>>>>> Completely useless.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> James, I suggest you just ignore the troll.  Your life will be much
>>>>>>> better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL. Since he referred me to a guide on asking questions I was
>>>>>> going to
>>>>>> return the favour and refer him to a guide to providing answers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That said, I can see that his effort to help was genuine ... I think.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> James, "Pointed Head" is a troll, well-known in several newsgroups.
>>>>> This (lack of) answer is typical of most of his posts.  The only
>>>>> time he
>>>>> gets something even halfway right is when someone else has answered the
>>>>> question first, often times with code.  Then two days or so later,
>>>>> Pointed Head will copy that post and claim it as his answer.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suggest you just ignore his crap.  The only reason I responded was
>>>>> for
>>>>> the benefit of you and other readers - showing him for what he is, to
>>>>> the uninformed.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am so utterly fed up with this troll shit. If you feel compelled to
>>>> comment every posting of Mr. Spock with "ignore the troll" I should
>>>> write a bot to answer your postings the same way.
>>>>
>>>> /Str.
>>>
>>> Frankly, I don't give a damn.
>>>
>>> I think it's important for people new to the group to know what Pointed
>>> Head is - and that he is no way represents the rest of the people in the
>>> group.
>>>
>>> If you don't like it, don't read it.
>>>
>> If you don't like it, don't read it. Same to you.
>> 
>> /Str.
>
> Unlike you, I'm not posting for MY benefit.  I'm posting for the benefit
> of new readers.  I'd hate for them to think everyone was like Pointed
> Head or you.  Many of us are quite helpful.

I'm new to the group (~a month) and PointedEars never really came off too abrasive
to me - I guess it depends on each person's sensitivity to pedantry, and
I find it relatively easy to glance past any into the meatier parts of
the posts. 

-- 
Matthew Carter (m@ahungry.com)
http://ahungry.com

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Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 00:23 +0000
  Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-06 04:54 +0100
    Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-06 09:19 -0500
      Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 15:39 +0000
        Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-06 11:32 -0500
          Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2014-11-26 10:26 +0100
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-11-26 09:38 +0000
              Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2014-11-26 11:56 +0100
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-26 07:51 -0500
              Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2014-11-26 14:24 +0100
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-26 08:36 -0500
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-26 10:21 -0500
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2014-11-26 20:57 +0100
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-26 16:21 -0500
        Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-06 18:27 +0100
    Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 15:58 +0000
      Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-06 21:34 +0100
  Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-05 23:00 -0500
    Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 15:29 +0000
      Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-06 10:44 -0500
        Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 16:15 +0000
          Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-06 11:25 -0500
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-06 12:42 -0500
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-08 13:50 +0100
              Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-08 21:19 -0500
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-08 22:08 -0500
                Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-11-09 08:09 +0100
          Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-06 18:24 +0100
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-11-06 12:37 -0500
            Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 17:51 +0000
              Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-11-06 20:56 +0100
      Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-11-06 12:40 -0500
      Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page richard <noreply@example.com> - 2014-11-10 11:17 -0500
        Re: Pulling ad-hoc data from a database into a PHP web page Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 21:27 +0000

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