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My reproductive organs hate me. And it seems that my wingstubs are throwing in with them. It's a mutiny. Waiting for their demands, which I suspect will involve chocolate. Ow. In doing some Tangent work last night, I went into my Access database. The table I store reviewer information in was getting unwieldy to eyeball, so I wanted to write a few SQL queries so I could snag the information I needed at a glance. Here's the thing, I've had over a decade's worth of experience coding SQL on a mainframe at my ex-day job, and not just simple selects either, but batch inserts, updates, and complex joins. I considered myself to be quite proficient with SQL, not DBA proficient, but if it involved data manipulation and a database, I was pretty confident I could do it. But last night, I found myself having to go into the help menu to remember how to do a simple SQL select. Damn. I've only been out of work for a year. That's some fast brain spoilage, that is. Writing Stuff
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I have, however, learned a lot more about Heian Era clothing, weaponry, and etiquette. If you don't mind my asking, where did you find this info? And did it include anything on architecture? I'm having a little trouble with descriptions of buildings in my current project. (Which is silly, because the setting isn't even really Japan, but there you have it.) Sorry you're in pain... I send you virtual Valrhona. "And did it include anything on architecture?" As a matter of fact it did! I stumbled across an excellent website called Sengoku Daimyo, written by Anthony J. Bryant, a Japanese historian and SCA member. Check out his essay "Shinden-zukuri Estates of the Heian Period" for some detailed specs on the architecture of Heian nobility. Unfortunately, a lot of his pages are incomplete, and it looks like he lost interest in completing his site since it hasn't been updated since March of '04. But what he's got there is excellent, especially the section on male apparel--something much harder to find info on than female clothing of that era. And I was delighted to find that he cites references. |
On March 13th, 2006 05:00 pm (UTC), (Anonymous) commented: Two years ago, I was a GIS goddess, ripping though coding for ArcInfo and Arcview, including related SQL stuff. Now...sheesh, I probably couldn't put together a pretty map. On the upside, I'm getting rather spiffy with Photoshop. Pat Kirby |
FWIW, I'm happy to help you with SQL anytime. Oracle is my specialty, but I muck around with SQL Server, too. |