Joins, Selects, and VPNage
Posted: Wed 9 February, 2005 Filed under: Geeky 1 Comment »Sometimes I just feel entirely out of my depth, and wonder whether IT is really the field for me. Today (and yesterday, if I’m honest) have been some of those times.
The bane of the last two days have been SQL joins. Not difficult stuff by any means – it’s just that at the moment I don’t understand the concept, or how to tell an inner left join from an outer right one. I know that once it clicks, I’ll look back and think “how the hell did I ever get confused by those?” but for now the logic of them simply isn’t there, and I can’t find a way to get it there, no matter how many of the keffing things I do.
Other than that, setting up Windows XP remotely and sorting out VPNs, server-based antivirus, along with working out why the Windows Firewall kept on restarting have proved to be a day of which I’ve had enough.
Hey, if you get the XP remote stuff working be sure to write it up. I’ve tried on and off for ages with zero success.
Like a badger in a marshmallow factory – completely lost and no idea where to start.