[Rockhounds] Database template?

[Julie Siebel]

Well, I'm just trying to figure out a logical sort of format for John. I 
*have* Access (free from Microsoft for a beta test for another app - lol), 
but I haven't worked in it much for the last 5 years, because my main client 
(that's the person kind of client, not the web kind ;) uses SQL Server.

I know that it's possible to display pictures in Access, though I'm not 
really clear of the "how" of it.

John wants to store a picture, with a mineral name, secondary name/habit, 
three locations (site, county, state), date collected, date purchased (for 
purchased minerals), and if it was a trade or whatever, who he got it from. 
And a "notes" field, of course.

He's not looking for chemical formulas or anything - just a pretty generic 
DB. I was hoping someone out there had a template that I could just modify.

Thanks,

Julie




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I don't recall anything detailed about using MS Access there was some
general talk about databases and someone had written one. I have done some
Access work(tho it's been awhile), what do you need to know?

BK

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 17:10, Julie Siebel
<julie at pandemoniumgraphics.com>wrote:

> John was asking me about putting pictures/mineral information in MS Access
> (we have Access 2003). He swears there was a long discussion about that on
> the list in the past six months, but I can't find it. (I may be being
> deceived by the email headers - lol - but I *am* searching.) Anyone 
> remember
> when that happened?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Julie
>
>
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