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Re: Species Maintenance List
Nope - MS Access
<winks>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Anderson" <killiman at indy_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 3:54 AM
Subject: Re: Species Maintenance List
> Hi Tom are you using Excel?
> Al Anderson
> killiman at indy_net
> 317 253 2170
> 317 466 1615 FAX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom" <tgrady at twcny_rr.com>
> To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 9:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Species Maintenance List
>
>
> > Guys,
> >
> > Ever consider talking to the guy in charge of Species Maintenance
> > Committee? I have a database in place ... and Barry and I are working
on
> > it for the AKA website.
> >
> > Don't mean to steal your thunder or ideas, but realistically I have
> been
> > working on this for over two years and the data is in the process of
being
> > published.
> >
> > Don't give up on the concepts - but don't get carried away before you
> > find out enough info.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: ""Grif" w. keith griffith" <kgriffit at wolfenet_com>
> > To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 9:08 PM
> > Subject: Re: Species Maintenance List
> >
> >
> > > At 12:21 AM 12/1/00 +0000, you wrote:
> > > > Inital setup and maintance on a database that large with a web
> > > > interface could easily run over $100,000 a year.
> > > >Having said that, it is very possible.
> > > >Drummond
> > >
> > > From another post (off list) I wrote in reply to another dba
> > > comment. I'll add a few more comments here.
> > >
> > > I've done some hardware in the past, not as an affordable issue,
but
> > one
> > > where up time and data integrity were the only issues. From a machine
> and
> > > software standpoint I expect $100,000 a year is a bit extreme. Even
for
> > my
> > > current installations. (not counting purchase)
> > >
> > > Now,,, the application and network side is a different story. And
those
> > > decisions need to me made early on in the development. But I still
think
> > > 100K is very hi.
> > >
> > > All that aside, we can start the backend design now. It needs to be
> > > worked out on paper anyway, most of the work is on data definitions,
> > > relations and table structure and standards (metadata,,,)., stuff I
kind
> > of
> > > enjoy, with the warm/fuzzy user stuff left to folks better equipped
> > > mentally to deal with "Them". (do you believe in the user?)
> > >
> > > So,,, any geeks want to start working on the structure now?
> > >
> > > To: "\"Grif\" w. keith griffith" <kgriffit at wolfenet_com>
> > > Subject: Re: killi dba
> > >
> > > Sounds great! Let the list know your thoughts on this too. I think we
> will
> > > need to gain support quickly in order to get this to go.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Grif" w. keith griffith <kgriffit at wolfenet_com>
> > > To: <relli at aye_net>
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 7:26 PM
> > > Subject: killi dba
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > You said:
> > > > This would be a fairly simple project but I am new to database
> > > > administration. I have a good friend whom I would depend on to
ensure
> > the
> > > > reliability of the application.
> > > >
> > > > Reply:
> > > > I'm an oracle dba, doing only server side stuff and have some
(small)
> > > > professional experience in normalization and design. The
> > > > client/web/user/report thing is something I've avoided, but would
be
> > > > pleased to offer what help I can to insure the integrity of the
> design
> > and
> > > > dataset.
> > > >
> > > > It's been my experience many of the problems in the application are
a
> > > > result of not doing the homework think thing on the front end.
> > > >
> > > > Geeze,,, I'd even rejoin aka,,, been meaning to do that for quite a
> > while
> > > ;-)
> > > >
> > > > 'Grif' N7IVS
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 'Grif' N7IVS
> > >
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