It's getting repetitive

It's getting repetitive. Let me say it again. It's getting repetitive...

I keep rejecting the same kinds of contributions again and again - often from the same people, for the same reason.

It's getting repetitive.

So, as it's getting repetitive, I thought I'd mention here my (un)favourite list.

1) SMS type spelling

Do u no wht I mean?

This is supposed to be a site for professionals. Imagine your writing to your next boss. Would you use such a lackadaisical form of communication? Thought not. The fact is though, if you're applying for a job, your prospective employer might well have a quick scan to see of your contributions on SCN. Do you really want to make a bad impression?

There's another side as well. English is not the mother tongue of many contributors here. If you start using SMS (that's "Short Message Service") type abbreviations, then you make it really hard for those people to understand what you're whittering on about.

2) Posting links

I hate it when I see a post that just says

"link" - hope it helps.

Or

link

link

link

Try these.

At best all it shows is that the original poster could have searched for themselves. At worst, it's a really lazy answer. "Hope it works. Not sure, I didn't really look too closely, but I put some keywords into AFSE (A Famous Search Engine) and these were the first results. Maybe I'll be lucky and they're right and I'll get some points".

3) Use FOR ALL ENTRIES instead of INNER JOIN

How can I put this succinctly?

No. No.

No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No

That's it. No more discussion.

4) Binary search

Look. We all know (or should know) that if we're reading a STANDARD table then we might want to sort it and read it using BINARY SEARCH. But come on. Fifteen years ago and alternative became available - HASHED and SORTED tables.

Yet I keep seeing the same tired old responses "Use BINARY SEARCH with SORT".

No - use a properly designed, properly typed table, and you won't have to. They've only been around for fifteen years - why do people keep promoting this old technology! Or is half the world still on 31H?

5) SO_NEW_DOCUMENT_SEND_API1

Another very popular bit of ABAP. But again, it was replaced years ago with the CL_BCS set of classes. They're so much more powerful and so much more easy to use, if you'll put in some effort. And there's so many examples...

So there you have it

My bottom five types of posts. If I see this kind of content in the ABAP space, don't be surprised if it gets rejected...