I havne't used Base, but I have taken a very complex spreadsheet and designed
an SQL database from it when it became unwieldy. Key things I'd suggest, more
tables is not bad, in fact the more the better if it clearly separates data
into one table. Do not duplicate data. If you have a field whose contents are
duplicated then that really probably needs to be a separate table.
2 books I found invaluable for helping me design my system are
Beginning Database Design by Clare Churcher and Beginning SQL Queries also by
Clare Churcher. They were the most readable and understandable of the lot.
If I were doing your system I'd do the following:
Book table
Title
number of pages
Foreign key links to an authors table and a series table
boolean read or not or else a link to a table read status see below
Authors
Name
Series
Name of series like Dragons of Pern or Harry Potter
Read status
started
finished
wanted
Linking should be by query.
On Aug 8, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Joel Madero <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just wanted to bump this to see if anyone has thoughts. Worst case I'm
> going to just dive into Database and see what I can learn but I'm hoping to
> get a little feedback before spending time which might be totally pointless
> as I really don't have the time to just throw away ;) Thanks again in
> advance!
>
>
Eugenie (Oogie) McGuire
Desert Weyr, LLC - Black Welsh Mountain Sheep http://www.desertweyr.com/
LambTracker - Open Source SW for Shepherds http://www.lambtracker.com
Paonia, CO USA
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