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<DIV><SPAN class=464485211-07032003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I have to
respectively disagree with Susan and Arthur. I don't mind answering a
commonly asked question if the person seems to have put forth some effort to
solve the problem. But I do not like to have people come to the list as a
first-ditch effort to ask common questions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=464485211-07032003><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>The reason I stay
active on this list is because there are a lot of difficult and/or
unusual questions that pop up that help us all when we get to similar
situations. Susan has asked some questions that seemed very simple on the
surface, but when people start to answer them it turned out that there were
deeper meanings than most of us were aware of.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Charles Wortz</FONT></B></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Software Development
Division</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Texas Education
Agency</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>1701 N. Congress
Ave</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT color=#0000ff>Austin, TX
78701-1494</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#0000ff>512-463-9493</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
color=#0000ff>CWortz@tea.state.tx.us</FONT></SPAN> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Arthur Fuller
[mailto:artful@rogers.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday 2003 Mar 06
16:28<BR><B>To:</B> accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[AccessD] Searching M$'s KB<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It’s a first-ditch
effort </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Wingdings color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">J</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
accessd-admin@databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-admin@databaseadvisors.com]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Susan
Harkins<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> March 6, 2003
10:13 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
accessd@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [AccessD] Searching M$'s
KB</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I know that at times I have told
listers that the answer is in M$'s KB without giving an article number.
Sorry about that, but now you have no excuse for not looking it up yourself
before asking the list.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">==============I always come to the
list when I find myself stuck. It's the first place I try. Not the
KB, not the wide, wide, world of the web. Why? Because if there's an answer to
be had, it is probably here. In fact, AccessD has been mentioned in two
of my book acknowledgements. Why should anyone waste time spinning their
wheels looking for something they might not find. Even if info is found,
trying to apply it to what you're doing can be as much a problem as finding
it! Especially the MK articles, because they're almost always out of
date! </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">That just isn't very efficient. In
our business, time is just as important as accuracy. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">No one on this list should waste
precious time looking up what someone here already knows. It doesn't make
sense. This list is not a last ditch effort -- "I've looked everywhere
else..." </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Susan H.
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