[CAUT] Piano database]

[Douglas Wood]

I have found Filemaker to be quite reasonable to work with, as long  
as I keep my needs relatively simple. Just mimicking examples in the  
manual has gotten me as far as I need. Some sort of automated  
scheduling would be a bit more work, probably, but likely quite  
doable. But you'd have to be very clear on the process (clear to the  
exceedingly stupid and blindingly fast computer!). I usually try to  
focus on what questions I really need answered, and set up the  
databases; their relationships; and the views, sorts and filters to  
answer them.

I've never used Access, so I don't know whether it would be more  
difficult or not. Same for Time & Chaos. But it is true that any way  
you do it will take hours, perhaps days to get fully up and running  
from scratch. Of course, data entry is usually a bigger project than  
that...

Doug

On Sep 6, 2007, at 8:03 AM, Jeff Tanner wrote:

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> On Sep 5, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Douglas Wood wrote:
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>> My oldest brother thinks I should get a "real database", meaning  
>> Microsoft Access (sp?).
>
> We tried setting up Access database for my home business, but it  
> was far too complicated and confusing.  Time & Chaos works well  
> enough for much less dough.
> Jeff
>
>
> Jeff Tanner, RPT
> University of South Carolina
>
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>

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