> > I'm putting together a FAQ in my copious (haha!) free time - it
> > consists of the top 20 or 30 questions asked on the list in the
> > last month or so that have been answered in one sentence starting
> > with the phrase "in section XXX of the manual..."
>
> In my opinion, when you have documentation as good as we have,
> the best format for the MySQL FAQ would be a list of hypertext
> questions which link to the appropriate manual sections...
In my experience, telling someone to go read the manual has been an exercise
in futility - most people would rather be spoon-fed the answer rather than
take the 5 or 10 minutes it would take to look it up themselves. So, in the
spirit of spoon-feeding Pablum to babies because they can't handle anything
stronger, my FAQ would list short, concise answers to questions, along with
links to the appropriate sections in the manual.
To be fair, sometimes people have bosses that come into their offices, ask a
complicated question, and expect instant answers. This tends to panic
people, and so they post instead of taking a deep breath and reading. Not
their fault - they simply have been trained to react that way. So, this
document would serve two purposes - (1) to take a load off the list and
folks therein, and (2) to help lower the blood pressure and stress level of
people wo have morons for bosses. ;)
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"Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path
whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being limitless,
unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized;
nor should any organisation be formed to lead or to coerce people along any
particular path." --J. Krishnamurti
