<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space;-khtml-line-break: after-white-space'> <div class=Section1> Ditto Doug,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I will send you a free template of the Filemaker program we use here at BYU if you want it. A student wiz made it and it fills all our needs.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jim Busby<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Wood Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 4:20 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Piano database]<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> 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.<o:p></o:p> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> 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...<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <div> Doug<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> On Sep 6, 2007, at 8:03 AM, Jeff Tanner wrote:<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> On Sep 5, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Douglas Wood wrote:<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> My oldest brother thinks I should get a "real database", meaning Microsoft Access (sp?). <o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> 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.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Jeff<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div> Jeff Tanner, RPT<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </div> </body> </html>