Friday, December 23, 2005
The Database That Never Was
For years, I've wanted to put together a database for all of our garden plants. In pre-computer days I did start a couple of notebooks listing some of the plants, but then I'd move, and never had the time to restart a list since moving to our present house, until now. Unfortunately there is a little issue of a foot of snow (it was a foot and a half, but we've had some melting the last couple of days) so at least the tops of the plant labels are showing, but the database is on hold. 
// posted by IBOY @ 8:02 PM 
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If you're really going to make a database and not a spreadsheet, the key to success is to plan the information you want your database to hold before you set it up, so it doesn't hurt to do a lot of thinking about it before you can actually enter the data. 'Course, by the time the snow melts and you can see all the tags, there will surely be some spring chores to do . . .
Oh sure, now I've got to decide whether I want a spreadsheet or a database... this is going to take longer than I thought... maybe NEXT winter!
Don
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