Re: Preferred administration/maintainence tools.

[Jerry Bransom <jbransom@pcpc.data1.com>]

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> I am working on my catalog and need to make some design choices for my
> database mastering. My descriptions are very lengthy, so the import/export
> from Microsoft Excel and/or Access make them inappropriate (they truncate
> MEMO fields to 255 chars).
> 
> Is anyone else facing this situation? What are you using to build your
> products.asc file, or have you gone with straight SQL? I can use solutions
> on Win 9x or Linux, and prefer linux.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Pat Santucci


We use Access but have created multiple description fields and combine them
thusly:

[item-field description]<br>
[item-field notes] <br>
[item-field comment1] <br>
[item-field comment2]

But, I am using Excel to keep my data which is limited to 255 chars.
Minivend does not care how long the field is I think but it is so
difficult to manage long descriptions. I prefer categorizing the 
description fields myself. I also use Access to manage the data but I 
Prefer FileMaker PRO. It is absolutely the best and NEVER adds funky chars.

Hope that helps

*****
Jerry Bransom                             CalMarket.COM
Sr. Programmer Analyst                    The California Online Marketplace
Kern Internet Services                    Bakersfield California
support@data1.com                         www.kern.com




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