[Rockhounds] Database template?

[Rik Dillen]

There has been a discussion much longer ago, like 5-6 years ago !
Anyway, I have built my database many years ago, when DBase2+ was priced something like 1500 USD...
I upgraded to DBase 4, and later on I imported everything in Access, version after version, now Access 2007.
BUT - as the set up of my database is almost 20 years old, and I did nothing but upgrading every time as it was, the
final result is a database that still works, but that does not make use at all of modern technology and software.
I can recommend Access anyway to build a specimens database, but it's better to start from scrap than from my template.

Greetings, and good luck.

Rik DILLEN 
Doornstraat 15,  B-9170 Sint-Gillis-Waas 
Belgium 
E-mail rik.dillen at skynet.be 
Homepage : http://users.skynet.be/rik.dillen 
 

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From: rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at lists.drizzle.com] On Behalf Of Julie Siebel
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 11:10 PM
To: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
Subject: [Rockhounds] Database template?

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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