| Record label, catalog #, date you got it, what you paid, maybe where
you got it.
Steve (I have a database already)
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| Mine (adapted from a procedure of Andy Leslie's) has just Artist,
Title, Label, and Catalog Number. All I really use it for it to
make sure that I don't buy something I already have (it's hard to
remember, for instance, which Pat Benatar albums I have on CD and
which only on LP).
My video database is more detailed.
--- jerry
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| re:.3
Well, I have about 420 CD's, but I wish it was only that simple.
I collect *lots* of things. If you consider not only how many
CD's I have, but how many LP's (at a guess, about 500), videotapes
& -discs (~200), books (~15K), and comics (~10K) are all vying for
memory space in my poor, befuddled brain, it's amazing that I can
keep track of *any*thing.
Actually, it's not really as bad as it seems. I do pretty much
know what I have, it's just occasionally that I'm not sure. There
was only one time I actually bought something that I already had
(both copies were bought used, and I was able to sell the second
copy to a friend), and at the time, I was positive I didn't already
have it.
--- jerry
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| Just a couple of thoughts on the needs for a database. I've written
several DBs in the past to cover all kinds of things. Being a personal
computer owner/user I searched long and hard for a product that
would allow me to do the very things described in the previous replies
- that is create a database, modify it, add new items to the search
list, etc. I finally settled on a package from Symantec Corp. called
Q&A. It's been around for a couple of years, but it has all the
capabilities described plus the ability to do SQL queries to your
database.
It's neat to be able to type in "CD by Fleetwood Mac" and get a
listing. Take that as deep as you'd like. How about "CD by Fleetwood
Mac copyright 1980". Your ability to provide the detail to the
database is the restriction.
BTW There are several dedicated DBs in the public domain for CD
collectors or LP collectors or Cassette libraries. I've never found
one that was as complete as I liked - I just develop my own.
Q&A sells at retail for approx. $350, but can be had via mail order
for under $200. I can provide additional details if needed.
Regards,
Rick
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