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I miss being able to read the full response in the emails that get sent. Now we need to open the link to read the full post.
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Follow-up to "Lost formatting for code blocks in old posts"
Hmm... Apparently on the new platform things are rendered differently depending on how you view them. What I reported earlier, the old code appearing in a single, long, uninterrupted line of text (with a very long horizontal scroll bar) is how things look on a Windows machine / Firefox browser. I just checked, and I see the same formatting using the MS Edge browser.
I looked at the same old post on an iPad (iOS 14, Safari browser). The code block appears in several lines, with no horizontal scrolling. The line breaks, however, are added by the website, based (I think) strictly on frame width; the original line breaks are still gone (or ignored), and the code is just as unreadable as it is on Windows / Firefox.
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please help me provide the following forum links or a Category list which mention all Forums in a hierarchy to select
at the moment i need SQL & PL/SQL forum, for Application Express @InoL already helped with this Forum link to ask.
please give me the link for SQL & PL/SQL forum so i can bookmark it.
as others already complained, background is very bad to read the posts.
thanks
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Clicking on the "Quote link at the bottom of a post is the equivalent of a reply.
How about going through the learning curve, exploring options and functions and features - prior to complaining?
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And referencing a response, simply point the cursor at the response time (under the poster's name), and copy the link - which serves as a link reference to that exact posting.
E.g. my response above is https://community.oracle.com/tech/welcome/discussion/comment/16769987/#Comment_16769987 and mathguy's response is at https://community.oracle.com/tech/welcome/discussion/comment/16769969/#Comment_16769969
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thanks a bunch @Marwim for help.
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It is linked when you do so, but how do you know by looking at a post?
Comment_1676996 is not obviously linked to mathguy's reply he made at "1:22AM" - this might not even be the same time you see if you have a different time zone. And tomorrow you will only see "October 2"
Edit: typo
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To generate a link to a post, all you have to do is to simply point the cursor at the response time? Yep. First thing that comes to mind.
Your second paragraph is funnier still. Compare it to "E.g. my response above is Reply 2, and mathguy's response is Reply 1". Yes, I can see what a great improvement the new way is.
I don't object to going through the learning curve, exploring options etc.; I just have a problem with WHAT it is that I have to learn. Point to the response time to generate a link to a comment? Why do I have to learn such a thing? Who comes up with such ideas?
I had already found (and used in other threads) the way to generate the URL of another comment. I am just saying that the new way is a lot worse than the old one, and also a lot worse than much simpler alternatives that the developers of the new platform could have used. We have "Flag", "Quote", "Like" and some "f" character below each post, why not also "Link" or something to that effect? Why is that behind the timestamp instead? Why not hide "Quote" behind the poster's name and the "Like" button behind the posts count, too?
One more thing - the "Quote" link is not the equivalent of the old "Reply". It is the equivalent of "Reply" plus "Quote" (quote the post you are replying to). And when I used that in another thread, my own comment (including the quote) became too long, throwing an error. Actually that's how I stumbled upon the way to get a link to the post I was referencing, instead of including it in its entirety. Anyway, the new "Quote" is just not the same as the old "Reply".
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A historical note - There once was a "SQL and PL/SQL" forum, which was then split into "SQL" and "PL/SQL" (two separate spaces). Over time - if not from the start - the "SQL" forum became a zombie, and the "PL/SQL" forum (which really had all the SQL and all the PL/SQL questions) was eventually renamed to the original name "SQL and PL/SQL". The "SQL" forum was dormant on the old platform. It has resurfaced now - like any zombie worth his salt.
Long story short: You should only worry about the "SQL and PL/SQL" forum (category?) - only bookmark the first link in Marwim's answer.
Cheers - mathguy
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I like exploring new s/w, new technologies - so I honestly don't understand this negativity because the "new stuff" is different from the "old stuff". Especially given the lack of knowledge about the "new stuff".
When I criticise, I want to do it from a point of knowledge and experience and comprehension and understanding.
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The FAQ talks about Power Ups at certain levels. But where can I find my level?
Since I can edit "Title" in my profile but not set a signature I should be between level 7 and 13
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Technically/historically this might be correct, but you would miss interessting threads. Even Jonathan Lewis is active in the "zombie forum" :-)
https://community.oracle.com/tech/developers/discussion/4475762/joins#latest
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Lots of salty zombies in Zombie Tidal Wave 😁
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Comment to all the whiners. If the shoe fits, wear it.
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@OracleUser_WLPNV : Jim has already posted this link: https://community.oracle.com/tech/apps-infra/kb/articles/6-newbie-guide
I know that links are hard to recognise here.
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So it's whining to comment about a loss of clearness, about the lack of features to see who answered whom?
I appreciate it if users give me feedback about new program versions.
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It's simple, just write LINK ˃˃ https://community.oracle.com/tech/apps-infra/kb/articles/6-newbie-guide ˂˂
Of course you can't use a less/greater than, because this would be interpreted a Quote, but everyone knows U+02C2 and U+02C3
😉
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Oh, this will be fun! I should have seen it coming; since "SQL" has been made available, people who don't know the history will start using it - and indeed, they already are. You will see that the threads (interesting or otherwise) are all since September 30, unless "they" found some other threads to throw in there; not sure what those would be.
I wonder if the powers that be did this on purpose, or out of ignorance. It will be very interesting to see what happens. I remember the discussion a few years ago when the (same??) powers that be decided to kill "SQL" officially, and to revert to "SQL and PL/SQL" for the only forum / space that had any content at the time (and all the while till September 30, unless I am mistaken). Fun, fun!
