Klarinet Archive - Posting 000392.txt from 1996/10

From: "Jeffrey N. Gorovitz" <jngenf@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Database recommendation
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 14:48:20 -0400

Linda:

Check out www.shareware.com, and try a key word search. There are tons of
simple, pre-formatted databases for cd's, stamps, baseball cards... anything
that can be selected. You'll find that most are free-ware!

BTW this site is one of the best for finding any type of shareware,
free-ware and patches.

Jeff

At 09:09 AM 10/15/96 PDT, you wrote:
>Linda Brady wrote:
>>
>> Could somebody recommend a program to enable me to make
>> a comprehensive database of the CD's I have. I would like to
>> list information such as Composer - Artist - Orchestra - Piece -
>> Time - Record Label.
>>
>I definitely would not use a true database for this, unless you
>really want extra work or expect to change it drastically over
>time. A spreadsheet program like Lotus 123 or Excel would suffice.
>You can do everything you probably need with this. I would use the
>columns labels for the title, composer, etc and the rows for
>entries. It's easy to sort by category, alphabetize, add new
>entries and so on.
>
>Of course, if you like bitbopping, use a simple database like Access
>or Paradox. It will be possible to do more types of things with
>a database, but I don't think you need this. Heavy overhead to start.
>
>