++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

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MotF Bane

No Lifer
Dec 22, 2006
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I don't know if I can justify another SSD. My laptop works fine, plus 250 is tons of storage for it, and it's going to be seeing less use... my main computer has other problems that could use money first. Like those screaming video cards and squealing PSU.

But $80/80 is good.
 

zzuupp

Lifer
Jul 6, 2008
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the long awaited move to vb and then hosted to the cloud has certainly eased operations
 

MotF Bane

No Lifer
Dec 22, 2006
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Finally got the database project.

The old database is still off-limits, I'm currently doing data entry - typing stuff from papers. The old database was just a series of named columns scrolling forever.

The new database looks like the sort of thing you could print out the pages of and have a nice usable piece of paper, easy to read and use. Each page is a single person.
 

MotF Bane

No Lifer
Dec 22, 2006
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The new database also includes a bunch of auto-formatting fields, and plenty of drop down menus, just to be annoying, since FMP sucks at their implementation.
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
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Finally got the database project.

The old database is still off-limits, I'm currently doing data entry - typing stuff from papers. The old database was just a series of named columns scrolling forever.

The new database looks like the sort of thing you could print out the pages of and have a nice usable piece of paper, easy to read and use. Each page is a single person.

lulz what you are describing is the forms, user interface, not the db.
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
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Then what does a db look like? A huge long series of columns, and then the UI calls them?

a db is in essence a bunch of tables. These tables are related to each other in some sort of relationship, thus the name relational db. The forms provide a user Interface to normal users and control how much damage they can do.