Re: Syntax error in a large COPY

In response to Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net>:

> Tom Lane, 07.11.2007 06:14:
> > Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> >> If everyone simply top-posted, there would be no need for me to scroll down,
> >> just to find a two line answer below a forty line quote - which I personally
> >> find more irritating than top-posting.
> >
> > I think you're ignoring my basic point, which was that people shouldn't
> > be quoting forty lines' worth in the first place. *Especially* not if
> > they only have two lines to contribute.
>
> No, I did get your point.
>
> My point is: with top-posting I don't care how many lines were repeated
> because I don't have to scroll.

Considering there is an RFC that recommends inline posting over
top-posting (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855) and considering the
fact that this topic has been beat to death on dozens of mailing lists
and the predominant preference is _not_ for top-posting -- perhaps you
should either follow the preferences of the group, or leave the group.

> > But this horse has been beat to death before...

Obviously not, as it keeps coming back to life. I guess it's an
undead horse?

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Bill Moran
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