My thought on using CGI was to make it more self contained on one or
two CDROMs program, browser, catalog and all. Can this be done with
FileMaker? As I understand it, Paradox is a petty hefty piece of
software. What is searchability like in MS Access? I would like to be
able to search on storage location, locality, Linnean class, common
name and geologic time (Era, Period etc.).

-Rik


On Tuesday 17 February 2004 10:56, Wendell Ricketts wrote:
> You can do all that in MS Access as well as in new versions of
> Paradox and, my favorite, FileMaker. I've got my collection in MS
> Access. It didn't take long to make a database that fit my needs
> (vs. using one that someone else had created), and you certainly
> don't need cgi. If you're planning to put it online, that's a
> different matter. For that I'd probably recommend FileMaker.
> W.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rik Hill [mailto:rhill@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:45 AM
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> > fossilsites@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Fossil Sites] looking for software
> >
> >
> >
> > I am trying to bring my collection into the 21st century. I'm
> > looking for some curatorial software to catalog all my specimens.
> > Does anyone know of such software (especially freeware)? Ideally
> > I would like to have something that has provision for an image of
> > the fossils as well. If it's not out there I guess I could
> > knuckle down and write a CGI program to do the job in a browser
> > format but I hate reinventing the wheel.
> >
> > Richard "Rik" Hill
> > LUNAR & PLANETARY LAB.
> > Kuiper Space Sci. Bldg.
> > Univ. of Arizona
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