Databasing
David Ehrlich (Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:58:28 PST)

Randall P. Linke wrote:  Data bases are not for the meek.

I would like to differ.  A database is just that -- it could be a box of
handwritten 3x5 cards or pages in a loose-leaf binder or, some high-falutin'
expensive P.C. program.  The medium is unimportant: the only important things
are that the data are easy to maintain and access.  As a person who has spent a
career as a database professional, I might choose to keep my data in 3rd normal
form on a SQL database in a PC -- for me, that is the simplest and most obvious
way to maintain data.  But database means a place where data are kept; how you
choose to keep them is up to you, as long as you can access and maintain your
data easily.

David E.