Database program recommendation?

[Dee Dee Warren]

Hey I need a recommendation for a database program. This is what I need it for. I am a legal assistant and work on document intensive cases that deal with repair and maintenance records of buildings.

I need a program that I can customize the fields such as:

Date
Building number
Unit number
Vendor
Type of repair
Issue
Bates Stamp number


etc......

I need to be able to print lists sorted by different fields.

by date
by vendor
by bates number


etc.

Now knowing that I need something easy, what do you recommend?

[GrayPilgrim]

I would recommend either Access or Exel.

Exel would be the easier of the two, but Access has some nice wissels that allows you to sort things by type and to organzie that way. I only use the Tables function and it works perfect

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Speiser, E. A. Genesis AB 1 1963 Doubleday New York BS0192.2.A1 1964 G3 vol. 01. O.T.-Genesis
Milgrom, Jacob Leviticus 1-16 AB 3 1991 Doubleday New York BS0192.2.A1 1964 G3 vol. 03. O.T.-Leviticus
Milgrom, Jacob Leviticus 17-22 AB 3a 2000 Doubleday New York BS0192.2.A1 1964 G3 vol. 03a. O.T.-Leviticus
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Here is a group of my books that I have cataloged. As you see that categories are at the top. I can sort them by anyone of those categories. It is works very well for the type of function you mentioned.

GP

[Sher]

Today @ 09:30 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=183275#post183275)
GrayPilgrim:

I would recommend either Access or Excel.

Excel would be the easier of the two, but Access has some nice whistles that allows you to sort things by type and to organize that way. I only use the Tables function and it works perfectly

I agree :thumb:

Access is a bit more difficult, but the nice thing is that you can also open the Access stuff in Excel if you have Office.

:shersig:

(yeah, I was a Librarian :smug:)

[Em7add11]

Access is pretty intuitive as well. You can make some nice sorted reports with your data too once you have everything in the way you want it.

[Salus]

DDW, definately take a look at access. Though you could use Excel and it would work fine, it would lake the true database capabilites of an actual database program. With access you can store your data in tables and either access it by tables or queries. The other cool feature with Access that might interest you, is the ability to create printable reports from within Access. Now I know people will say that you can print a spreadsheet, but a spreadsheet is a spreadsheet and not a customized Access report.

[Dee Dee Warren]

Thanks guys I will look into Access. My boss pretty much gave me the go ahead to find and purchase a program for my use. Are there Access users here who can help me with questions?

[GrayPilgrim]

I can or I can get my wife to answer questions as she had to do some programming in it at work this last year

[$cirisme]

What kind of a budget did your boss give you? :eh:

Given enough time, and enough of a budget, I'd happily write one. :teeth: :teeth: :teeth:

[Dee Dee Warren]

And I am sure it would be better than what I would buy, but he is thinking along the lines of a store bougth program budget....

[$cirisme]

Dee Dee Warren:

And I am sure it would be better than what I would buy

Then you have not seen my client side skills... :uneasy: