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by rob miners 2 views

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You have been patiently answering problematic questions posted here for a long time without the OP's bothering to mark your excellent answers as helpful. I think that it is time for me to ask a question. ;)

How do I compact a Database. ;)

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by rob miners

that when he responds. My bloody memory must be getting bad as I noticed Tony's predicament a couple of weeks ago and mean't to do something about it. It wasn't until he reminded me that I rememberd. He has been on 99 for zonks. ;)

by ic-it

We should tease the OP for not enough info. What type of DB, Access, SQL, MySQL, etc. :-) ;-)

by rob miners

if you look at some of the questions that Tony has answerd you won't get the answers from google. You can only answer them from having experienced the same situations. Tony's level of knowledge on those subjects is phenomenal. ;)

by rob miners

Yep you are right about the broken IE but that was only for a couple of days. I have been watching a lot of posts where the OP has been given the correct answer but has not botherd to mark them as helpful. :)

CaptBilly1Eye mentioned the lack of Thumbs in his interview. It is effecting everyone who is spending their free time volunteering to help these people out. ;)

by captbilly1eye

Heard ya mention my name and had to come runnin'.

Yep. I think there has been a pronounced stinginess with thumbs as of late (site and IE issues aside).

Is it just me, or does it seem like thumbs never come from posters from a [i]certain[/i] part of the world. WackyPacky@..."I am standing here beside myself."
hmmmm

[waiting for the politically correct hammer to fall]

by rob miners

you are too polite. ;)

Then again it is a public forum. ;)

No it is not only WackyPacky@... it is from all over. And then there is the lot that get their possibilities mixed up with their capabilities, boy that can be fun. :p

Seriously though you only have to go through some of the posts and you can work out what it would cost them to get a Tech in to sort it out for them. Here we are providing a working fix for their problems and not even being acknowleged for our efforts. ;)

Maybe we should go on strike. :p

by w2ktechman

Hmmm, organized non responses!
Much better than my current plan!

I used to stay here in questions and answer cr@ploads, then about the time they moved to thumbs, I pretty much stopped. However often I would post an answer (correct) first, and then someone would copy my answer and get the techpoints.
I pretty much gave up after a few dozen of those.
Now I come here and skim through real quick. Besides most questions are pretty stupid, or plastered everywhere already. All one has to do is a quick search for the majority of fixes.

by w2ktechman

anything bad about his answers.

Here is what I said "Now I come here and skim through real quick. Besides most questions are pretty stupid, or plastered everywhere already. All one has to do is a quick search for the majority of fixes. "

Most questions are google ready, or have been answered 20x a month here (and elsewhere).

by rob miners

say anything bad about his answers. ;)

But if we don't keep answering these stupid questions TR might go broke. :p

Just think of the revenue from the page hits that they would miss out on. ;)

If they go broke what are we going to do with our spare time. I couldn't imagine a life without TR. :)

by w2ktechman

thoughts to ponder! write up the same answers 3000 times a month for maybe 1 thumb, or.......

Bump -- maybe Tony will find this

by jellimonsta

I agree about the stingy thumb counts as of late. However, it has always seemed it was that way.
I quit answering questions back in the TR points days, but recently started answering again when I wandered back to the site.

by captbilly1eye

where is ya hiding???

Man! If someone want to give me free thumbs, I'd come a runnin'.
;-)

by jdclyde

The man has answered your question, like making a poor dawg sit there and watch you eat a steak dinner!

Give the man his thumb already! :D

by rob miners

in the camp when I am eating. They have to wait until I have finished. If a dog isn't working it should only need a feed every second day. Should be right so long as it has water. Keep them lean and mean. :p

by rob miners

to get a whole lotta thumbs! ;)

You know that gardening that you were going to do. Well I had to do it for you yesterday. :p

I was able to sneak on yesterday morning but Tony hadn't replied. So now he has hit the Ton finally. ;)

by rob miners

so you may have a sporting chance. Yep he is definately out, you just got a wicket. ;)

Your assumption was correct Access is the only one that I can find my way around in. It is a great tool for manipulating and creating User Accounts.

by rob miners

thanks for the Bump. I have been spending so much time on TR lately that I have been neglecting my chores. ;)

by rob miners

when it comes to handing them out. Thank you all for the responses. ;)

by oh smeg

Take the Media that the D Base is stored upon and run over it with a D12 CAT's left hand track. This will compact it as small as it is possible to get. :p

Col because it's Sunday afternoon and I'm bored. :D

by rob miners

and if it was dropped on a conveyor belt and ran through the Shaker, then the Gyro and then the Hammer Mill you wouldn't have to worry about it anymore. :p

Mind you BCC would probably complain about contaminated Roadbase but who cares its Sundy Arvo. ;)

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