All: Is there such a thing has a "central" bar code database? A central DB to query a bar code that will return basic information like manufacturer, name of product, stuff like that? All the POS systems I've ever worked with had to have data manually entered, product by product, and defined by a human with product names, etc. Granted, one would have to set the prices manually, but it seems there ought to be a way to query a centralized database for this information. If there was not a central DB to track all this information how can it be assured that products are given unique bar codes? I would imagine it's something like Ethernet addresses were you have a manufacturer field and a unique code for that one device.
Anyway... central query able bar code DB. Does this exist? A quick google search seems to say "no". Greg -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
