address book? data base?

[glen]

How do you all keep track of folks in an organization?
Do you use a word doc with a simple list?
Do you use outlook address book?
Is there a Google application that does this?
I want a simple way to keep a list of folks with email addresses and phone numbers.

 

[LS21]

LDAP server = god

 

[clamum]

Depends on how large the organization is.

If it's small, an Excel file, Access database, or Outlook Contacts would work. Or SQL Server/MySQL if you want.

If it's pretty big, LDAP may be the way to go.

 

[PottedMeat]

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[glen]

Small - like 50 people or smaller.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: glen
Small - like 50 people or smaller.

Well if you're comfortable with a RDBMS I'd use that. MySQL is free so you could use that unless you have access to SQL Server or something else. Or just use Access.

Otherwise Outlook Contacts or an Excel file would work.

 

[GeekDrew]

At various organizations, I've used:

* A list of names/numbers/etc in Excel
* A list of names/numbers/etc in Word
* A relational database in Access
* A relational database in MS SQL with a MS Access front end
* A relational database in MySQL with a PHP front end

With 50 people or less... just make a list in Excel, and keep it up to date. You'll waste far too much time trying to set up other methods and keeping them up to date.

With many more than that though, I would set up something in MySQL, MSSQL, or LDAP.