Relational Databases and Asperger's Syndrome

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Relational databases are ways of storing large sets of data in such a way that having the key to one row of a table potentially unlocks rows of data in other tables (e.g., Customer with primary key "Smith, John" has many Purchases with Purchase_ID "20070506103302", "20070420162000", etc.). Data is retrieved using a special declarative language called the Structured Query Language (SQL). These queries are sent to the relational database management system (RDBMS), and resulting row sets are returned. Such a system is behind most websites of any significant complexity (even Wrong Planet!).

Does this parallel your own thought processes as an individual with Asperger's syndrome? Would you prefer that people asked you questions in SQL: "SELECT first_name, middle_initial, last_name, date_of_birth FROM person WHERE person_id = 'self'"?

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neanthuman,

That is my current specialty!! !! EVERYONES brain works like that, though it is structured in a striped format(Which causes the partial recal effect), and each piece is cross indexed to every other piece(which is why they can take out huge chunks of brain, and why multiple related memories strengthen memories)

So I would like to simply be able to analyze the main index, and maybe have a list of tables! Other than that, I am happy about the way my brain works!

Steve

Not sure but would hope I would be running on Sqlite.

I LOVE relational databases
I built one in my last job and they were v happy but I also have the complete database content in my head and so they were not happy when I left and went to work for the competition as they couldn`t `wipe it`

That's funny. I wouldn't literally want questions coming at me like I'm a machine, but I do know what you mean. I wish people would be more precise and direct about what they are asking.

I hate open ended quetsions like "So tell me a little bit about yourself?" I have know idea what they are looking for. Sometimes I answer with something like "I had scrambled eggs and wheat toast for breakfast."

And I'm only half-way joking when I answer like that. After all, it does answer their question.

I'm a db man too. No I think the brain's relationships are far more dynamic. Have some ideas how I may go about estimating judgement in AI for games like Go (Wei Ch'i). An idea of priority lists (I don't want to call them tables for the sake of clarity) that defines these dynamic relationships. Judgement is what make us efficient, it isn’t just about capacity. Anyway I'm blabbering. Yes I wouldn't mind if people speak to me in SQL. What always surprises me is how many things aren't normalised, even on big sites and commercial software.

But relational databases are normalized.