Fenton, shut the fuck up guy. Other people suggested Excel, or even file cards. It worked well for them. Why not the original poster? So I chime in and say I think it is overkill to have a relational database. Then you go off on a tangent again. As usual. Oh, and start belittling people. As usual. I can play your game too.
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 5:41 PM, David W. Fenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On 19 Aug 2008 at 17:21, Eric Dannewitz wrote: > > > I have the experience. > > It's too bad your posts to this list on this subject do not exhibit > any evidence of that experience. > > > It is totally overkill setting up a huge relational thing > > Nobody suggested a "huge relational thing" -- that's a straw man that > you've created in your own mind. > > > like that for what > > the person wanted. > > Johannes did not provide enough information for you to make a > judgment call on whether or not a relational database is the best for > his needs. > > > They wanted simple. > > And I've proposed simple, starting with a pre-designed library > template. > > > You and a couple of others give out > > the most complex way of doing it. > > It's not the most complex in the long run, though it takes more work > at the beginning. > > < That way works great for huge amounts of > > data. It isn't really the best way in this case. > > "Best" is going to be determined by Johannes, not by you. > > You haven't made anything like a persuasive or coherent argument > against a properly designed database -- you simply insist over and > over again that the straw man "huge relational thing" is a bad idea. > That's intellectually dishonest on your part since nobody proposed > anything of the sort. > > -- > David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com > David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
