[HANASHIR:15531] RE: database tip "The ..."

[Freedabet <Freedabet...>]

Don't know what the 'not necessarily' refers to.  The purpose of the alpha 
field is to preserve the official name or title and printing it properly based 
on the other field while making it alphabetize properly.  Didn't say anything 
about capitalization.

Michael


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: joe (at) boonin(dot)net 
  To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org 
  Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 9:21 PM
  Subject: [HANASHIR:15530] RE: database tip "The ..."




  Not necessarily...

  I recently retired from The New York Public Library. They are adamant
  about the fact that "The" is part of the corporate name and must ALWAYS
  be capitalized -- even in the middle of a sentence. It's a matter of
  style, too.

  Joe Boonin


  -----Original Message-----
  From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
shamash(dot)org] On
  Behalf Of Freedabet (at) aol(dot)com
  Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:30 AM
  To: adrian (at) durlester(dot)com; hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
  Subject: [HANASHIR:15529] database tip "The ..."


  Most likely, the programmer just used the 'title' field for
  alphabetization.  This leads to such problems.  For instance, a business
  had a lot of "City of ..." customers, many of which were mis-filed under
  "C".  When creating a database, if there is no field that is 100%
  reliable for alphabetization, I always add an 'alpha' field which may
  default to the logical value (song title, lastname/firstname) but be
  available to change for subtle things like this.

  Michael

   ----- Original Message ----- 
   From: adrian (at) durlester(dot)com 
   To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org 
   Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 9:45 AM
   Subject: [HANASHIR:15527] Re: Debbie's Angel Blessing




   This music is published in her "World of Your Dreams" and "Renewal of
   Spirit" songbooks and is on the albums of the same names. It is on the
   Carnegie Hall CD as well. It's also available as sheet music from
   soundswrite http://soundswrite.nethere.net/pages/sheetmusic.htm

   Alphabetically it's listed under "T" for "The Angels Blessing" rather
  than
   under "A" for Angels Blessing, The"  Any reason for that, Randee? :-)

   -Adrian



   -----Original Message-----
   From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
shamash(dot)org]
  On
   Behalf Of Kjmom18 (at) aol(dot)com
   Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:11 PM
   To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
   Subject: [HANASHIR:15526] Re: Debbie's Angel Blessing


   Dear Friends,

   I am co-leading a healing service with my cantor this weekend and we
  are
   including Debbie Friedman's "Angel Blessing."  I remember hearing a
   recording of this song, where before she sings it, she does a
  beautiful
   explanation about angels.  Does anybody know if it is written
  somehwere - or
   where I can find it?  I know it's not on the Carnegie Hall version -
  that's
   the only one I seem to have in the house at this time.

   I'd appreciate any help on such short notice.

   Thank you.

   B'shalom
   Karen Joseph








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