Consulting the Oracle at Delphi Zde at Wikimedia Commons Many years ago as a fresh-faced young graduate working for a tech firm in 1980's London I was tasked with learning about ORACLE relational databases. I didn't study computer science and didn't know anything about writing code but that was fine because ORACLE used SQL - Structured Query Language.
This consisted of English like instructions like the very simple one in this post's title. Yes, there were more complex instructions and I learned how to use those to basically shove data into tables and drag it all back out again in lists and reports as required.
What's all that got to do with this website you ask?
This consisted of English like instructions like the very simple one in this post's title. Yes, there were more complex instructions and I learned how to use those to basically shove data into tables and drag it all back out again in lists and reports as required.
What's all that got to do with this website you ask?
I use Weebly to build and maintain my website and cannot write HTML to save my life. However, I did manage to work out a way of generating a little bit of HTML and embed it in various pages in order to make my many spreadsheets available. Sadly, this no longer works for some reason for most but not all of the embedded spreadsheets and I have failed to find a solution. Therefore, I have made the decision to remove all references to the Special Ingredients that used to be available - namely the finding aids I called Church of Ireland Parish Records Finder and Townland Indexes Timelines.
If I ever find a way to reinstate them I will, but for the time being, please enjoy the feast of other Irish and Scottish advice I serve up on all the other pages.
If I ever find a way to reinstate them I will, but for the time being, please enjoy the feast of other Irish and Scottish advice I serve up on all the other pages.
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