You're wording is oblique but the sentiment bears out. It reads like someone who really doesn't know what they are doing technically ("Perhaps it is stored as a

You're wording is oblique but the sentiment bears out. It reads like someone who really doesn't know what they are doing technically ("Perhaps it is stored as a unicode string?" makes no sense.) It shows that being willing to be wrong in public (and not waste time thanking people who help you) is a more effective way to learn and grow than only speaking up when correct.