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Posted by Doug MacLean on 05/22/07 04:56
"The Great Attractor"
<SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGalaxy.org> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:26:46 -0400, "Doug MacLean"
> <Webmaster@Hometheaterinfo.com> wrote:
>
>>"MassiveProng" <MassiveProng@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in
>>message news:mgcp13tcmcdtqnr7549k371pu8cu25hfrt@4ax.com...
>>> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:46:35 -0400, "Doug MacLean"
>>> <Webmaster@Hometheaterinfo.com> Gave us:
>>>
>>>>"MassiveProng" <MassiveProng@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in
>>>>message news:inbo13pkpmppio338v1a92qf5duedgfaoa@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:07:04 -0400, "Doug MacLean"
>>>>> <Webmaster@Hometheaterinfo.com> Gave us:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Always glad to help out in any way I can. If you need any assistance
>>>>>>in
>>>>>>setting things up on your side please just give a shout and I'll do
>>>>>>what
>>>>>>you can.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you happen to have an Access front end or template for one that
>>>>> you could also post on your site? (or did I just not look hard
>>>>> enough?) :-]
>>>>
>>>> I do have the schema listed online if that would help. It lists the
>>>>particualrs of the main and new/change tables
>>>>
>>>>http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/schema.htm
>>>>
>>>>Let me know if this helps.
>>>>
>>>>Doug MacLean
>>>>http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thanks. I'll be sticking with the excel sheet and access, since MS
>>> allows use thereof.
>>>
>>> I was hoping for something like "Movie Library" from cd software
>>> solutions, but I won't be paying that turkey $40 for it!
>>>
>>> He allows front cover images and whatnot, and it is supposedly an
>>> access based database.
>>>
>>> Heh! Maybe I should take your baseline schema and write one, and
>>> give you the template for it to critique and put on your site if
>>> worthy... :-]
>>
>>Sure, I'm game.
>>
>>Doug MacLean
>>http://www.hometheaterinfo.com/
>>
>
> Doug,
>
> I found a way to get your entire database in one reference, without
> having to split it up into two sheets.
>
> Problem is, the only way I could get it to you is to post it in a binary
> group like alt.binaries.misc, which is a public posting.
>
> It is 31MB instead of your 28MB.
>
> The key thing now though is that the first sheet is a lookup table
> where one ID is put in, and all the data auto-fills.
>
> I could not get this to work in Access, but I am not a big Access guy,
> or it would likely be easy.
>
> I also want to add a field where an image of the disc auto-fills in an
> area set aside for that purpose. I left such an area, but as yet am
> unable to get the auto-fill feature to point to an image file.
>
> Let me know if it is OK to post it, and I will arrange a date to do so
> where you will be ready to download it from the Usenet group I put it
> into. Otherwise, I can post a screen shot of the auto-fill page, and
> maybe entice you a bit. :-]
Let me take a look at it and we can talk about it off line. Can you email me
the details?
--
Doug MacLean
Doug@hometheaterinfo.com
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