[78-L] 78 database

[Taylor Bowie]

Say,  Steven,  I'm still waiting to hear the details about those c. 1934 
sides Billie Holiday recorded for Decca,  to which you referred the other 
day.

Your reply awaited;  my breath is baited....can your veracity be 
demonstrated?

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] 78 database


> From: "David Palmquist" <davidpalmquist at dccnet.com>
>> Hi David
>> Rhetorical question:  What is this date?  12/09/11
>> For dates, I suggest using 4 digits for the year and 2 digits for the
>> month and date to facilitate sorting.  If you plan to share
>> information, using the metric format might be wise: 1939-07-??
>> The mm/dd/yy format is primarily an American form; other English
>> speaking countries use dd/mm/yy, or flipflop between the two, so your
>> database may not be shareable with us foreigners.  You'll receive
>> information in various formats, increasing the work involved in
>> importing the data.
>> For the missing information, just an alphabetical character would do
>> instead of a question mark or asterisk:  1939-07-dd  or 1939-07-xx.
>>
> I substitute "99" for date items if I don't have the actual data. This
> allows
> "unknown" items to be grouped at the end of a month or even year!
> Note, however, that many database apps will NOT allow such entries;
> I was doing this in text-based "random access" data files (which is
> essentially what the "Abrams Files" contain).
>
>> I haven't figured out how to get a usable huge database onto a
>> webpage yet.  If you've got thousands of rows of data, html sortable
>> tables don't work well.  I don't know how to upload a user-friendly
>> database that can't be interfered with by visitors.  Any ideas?
>>
> Try to find a copy of MS Access 97; that was the most web-capable
> version of this well-known database application! It is also possible
> to insert the requisite HTML in text-based data files manually;
> AFAIK this is how Ty S created his discographic web facility...?!
>
> Steven C. Barr
>
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