I'm a Swedish academic that off and on since 1990 have been using R:BASE in my research about the economy in the Middle Ages. In the beginning of 2017, I realised that my retirement from Stockholm University was approaching and that my work with relational databases perhaps was over. But then my former supervisor came back as a senior professor to my department. He suggested a project with four members about networks in Medieval Sweden and said that among other things my skills in SQL was needed. We got what we had applied for, including a PhD student, and I'll start in January (10 % in three years). We received very good ratings from the contributors for the high level of expertise in digital aids - thank you R:BASE!
I'm surprised that not more history colleagues have learned how to handle relational databases since they often turn out to be extremely efficient (e.g. the SELECT command). PhD students and other professionals sometimes ask me about my databases. Then they get a copy exported in any format they wish for, so that they can be reused in other research projects. Of course, must I now get the latest version and try to attend a training seminar, if possible this fall. I really appreciate the work of Adrian in arranging seminars here in Europe. Greetings from Sweden Bo Franzén Department of Economic History Stockholm University? -- For group guidelines, visit http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
