RE: OT? databases?

by Kukla Fran and Ollie <weblists2001(at)yahoo.com>

Date:	Tue, 09 Oct 2001 16:24:59 -0700
To:	<hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Cc:	"psalmon" <psalmon(at)cafes.net>
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OK, easy answer.

Use Access.  You can easily transport the data to a more robust database in 
the future if needs change.  (Then again Excel might just work, too, if you 
don't want to build a relational DB.)

or .....

Download and install Oracle's personal database.  ( 
http://otn.oracle.com/software/content.html ) It's *free* after you 
register with them.  Then, if you decide to move the data to a more formal 
Oracle system, you will have no problems.  The only real caveats using the 
Oracle personal database are its size and learning curve.

At 18:06 2001-10-09 -0500, psalmon wrote:

>This database will be used only by me, only on my computer and it doesn't
>need to be web accessible. I don't think I will grow too big, and manual
>access is fine.
>
>Yes I am running on a windows system.
>
>Yes, this will be my first time with a database such as this.
>
>I was debating between Access and Act and File maker Pro.....? Any input??
>
>Money wise, well...........I know software isn't cheap by
>anymeans......Oracle would probably be out of the question though, I would
>need to stick around the Access or Act! price range.
>
>Patti

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