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I started my database in Paradox, then Db3 or 4 then switched to Approach when free before it was taken over by Lotus. Approach is still around.
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I found a website operated by Brian A Keen. He has created a database, using Access, and published the tablets/relationships on his web http://www.briank.co.uk/WebsiteInfo.htm
He is using it for many different purposes, more than I need. I will simplify it and see how I get along. Jon |
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how did you get a copy of it, I see no download link.
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I did not download it, I created the tables in the same way that he did. I still have to create the forms for data entry, but that is not complicated.
The fun part will be to create queries to extract the data. Jon |
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I've found a 2004 copy of my Photocat Access database and opened it using the ODBC driver in Libre/Open Office Base. My initial problems were that when Star Office baecame Open Office and until quite recently Base had poor handling of table relationships.That was fixed a year or so ago and now it's a good free alternative to Access. This is the Relationship schematic. (Not sure why there were 2 Exposure tables - I'd guess the particular file was a work in progress). The Photocat database was for commercial Photography hence the 3rd Table which was the Clients address details. There are quite a few other tables, these are/were used to automate adding data - things like film type, chemistry. Ian |
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I rekon you could spend all day filling in forms for a single roll of film and for what.
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In my case most of my work is LF so it's relatively easy to input but some is 120 in 4 different formats 6x4.5, 6x6. 6x9 and 6x17. My negative filing sheets are marked with the date and locations and this is what I input multiple frames at a time. What is more important is the frames selected for printing, exhibition, my portfolios etc, and I have queries to pull up that data. The data entry is quite quick and easy. It would take me longer to write it in a notebook and be far less useful. When I was asked to put on an exhibition at a Canal boat festival I had to select and re-print images from two bodies of work, having the database made it very much easier and faster. Ian |
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