<p>Into</p>
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<li><p>Molecular Biology</p>
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<li><p>RDBMS</p>
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<p>My avatar is a mantis shrimp, my favourite metazoan. They have the most complex eyes which are mounted on stalks and can move independently of each other (cool or what?)! They have 12-16 photoreceptor cell types (we have 3!).</p>
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<h1><code>Questions (and answers):</code></h1>
<p><strong>GOOD</strong> questions tend to get <strong>good</strong> answers (and vice versa).</p>
<p><strong>BEFORE</strong> asking a question, have you:</p>
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<li>taken the <a href="https://dba.stackexchange.com/tour">tour</a> (&lt; 1 minute)?</li>
<li>grasped the dba.se <a href="https://dba.stackexchange.com/help">Zeitgeist</a> (what's it's all about ~ 15 mins)?</li>
<li>checked that your question is <a href="https://dba.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic">on-topic</a> (&lt; 1 minute)?</li>
</ul>
<p>To ask a good question please look here:</p>
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<li><a href="https://dba.blogoverflow.com/2012/06/help-us-help-you/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Aaron Betrand</a> (top poster here - dba.se specific)</li>
<li><a href="https://dba.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask">Another</a> dba one</li>
</ul>
 <br>
<ul>
<li><p>a good <a href="https://dba.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2976/help-me-write-this-query-in-sql">witty overview</a>.</p>
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<li><p>the <a href="https://dba.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2990/minimal-complete-and-verifiable-example">MVCE</a> - Minimum, Complete and Verifiable Example. See also the <a href="http://sscce.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Short, Self Contained, Correct (Compilable), Example
</a> site.</p>
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<li><p>for <a href="https://dba.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3034/asking-query-performance-questions">performance</a> queries.</p>
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<li><p>more helpful ideas <a href="https://dba.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1161/update-of-faq-question-how-do-i-ask-a-good-question">here</a> and <a href="https://dba.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2976/help-me-write-this-query-in-sql/2977#2977">here</a>.</p>
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<li><p>the granddaddy of all &quot;<a href="http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">How to ask for help</a>&quot; posts by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Eric Raymond</a>.</p>
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<li><p><a href="https://dba.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask">Avoid</a>!</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Below here is a Work in Progress!</p>
<h1><code>Query Performance questions:</code></h1>
<p>SQL</p>
<p><a href="https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/271055/tips-for-asking-a-good-structured-query-language-sql-question/271056#271056">https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/271055/tips-for-asking-a-good-structured-query-language-sql-question/271056#271056</a></p>
<p>General:</p>
<p><a href="https://dba.stackexchange.com/tags/postgresql-performance/info">https://dba.stackexchange.com/tags/postgresql-performance/info</a>
<a href="https://dba.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3034/asking-query-performance-questions">https://dba.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3034/asking-query-performance-questions</a></p>
<p>PostgreSQL:</p>
<p><a href="https://dba.stackexchange.com/tags/postgresql-performance/info">PostgreSQL oriented</a>, but definitely worth a look.</p>
<p>SQL Server:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/getting-help-with-a-slow-query/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/getting-help-with-a-slow-query/</a></p>
<h2><strong><code>Answers:</code></strong></h2>
<p>There are surprisingly few good links on how to <strong>answer</strong> technical questions - I'll leave the final word on <a href="https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2009/02/17/answering-technical-questions-helpfully/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">answering</a> to the man who has &gt; 1M points on StackOverflow.</p>

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