Can anyone recommend some software to help me draw database diagrams the way that I want to draw them...? [more inside]
posted by twine42 on May 15, 2009 - 11 answers

SQL query help. Given the (fictional but equivalent) table disk_status = computer_id:int, disk_id:int, datetime:datetime, temperature:float, rpm:int, I need to provide a table of disk status for a given computer_id, without knowing in advance how many disks there are. So if there were two disks for a particular computer, the result would have the header: datetime, disk_1_temperature, disk_1_rpm, disk_2_temperature, disk_2_rpm, disk_2_rpm [more inside]
posted by Nothing on Apr 16, 2009 - 25 answers

Where's my food? How to make a web ap that tells me how to find vegetarian food easily? [more inside]
posted by klangklangston on Mar 16, 2009 - 17 answers

I need to build a database or buy a software solution to help manage electoral work with the 30,000 individuals I represent. I need to be able to map members to their electoral districts and check against voter registration roles, but I have no idea where to start. Help? [more inside]
posted by jlowen on Nov 17, 2008 - 5 answers

Help me get Lexis-Nexis search results from an MS word document into a usable spreadsheet/database format. More inside. [more inside]
posted by krudiger on Sep 19, 2007 - 6 answers

I need to buy a server for around $800 ($1000 as an absolute maximum). It will be hosting a website with a (PostGres) database that will start at around 4GB and grow slowly (so would like at least 2GB of RAM). It must be able run Linux, preferably Ubuntu or Debian. [more inside]
posted by phrontist on May 10, 2007 - 9 answers

So, I'm writing this book, and I need some software advice for making a computerized version of my mental rolodex. (DIT) [more inside]
posted by kungfujoe on Sep 9, 2005 - 5 answers

I need a few hundred to a few thousand general knowledge or trivia questions that I can integrate into a application I'm writing. [more inside]
posted by Mitheral on Mar 11, 2005 - 8 answers