Point is that the original poster is not a database worker. And has no plans on having tens of thousands of things in the database. Therefore, using a flat file database, like Bento, or even index cards, would be totally fine to use. They really don't need to learn how to set up and manage a relational database........
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 4:32 PM, dhbailey < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Dannewitz wrote: > [snip] > >> On the flip side, a relational database is very easily messed up. You >> delete >> the foreign key to the composers table that was linking song titles to >> their >> composers. Not easy at all to fix. And a lot of people who have no >> database >> experience can very easily do this. >> > [snip] > > True -- but if you get anybody who's not used to database work, they'll > mess it up, flat-file or not. > > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
