>>I believe the point is that we all should have the knee-jerk reaction to stick to standards and best practices first. That is the difference between modern medicine and Dr. Frankenstein.
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>I believe that the best practice in a technical forum is answer the darn question, even if you do not agree with the goal, and the question here was not about standards or best practices, in particular when the question, like this one, is asked without context, so we cannot assume he ignores said best practices for it is very arrogant to make such assumptions.

Not when you've seen what I've seen. There are too many without any knowledge of standards, too many that just barely get things operational and there are too many ways to do everything and many years of practice just seems to strengthen bad habits. That means a high likelihood of doing it wrong. Hence the Programming Mess thread. I never said only do it the best way. I said that should be the first reaction. I always ask more about the environment - the questioner should be forthcoming without anyone having to ask for more details too.