Jane and all, If I still have my old copy of Filemaker Pro 3, I'll put something together this weekend. I have an Access lit ref DB that I made years ago; I'll see what it looks like. Should export to Filemaker easily. Jim Shields At 06:16 PM 10/24/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Jim Shields and Robert Pries wrote, > >>I agree with Bob entirely on the subject of database vs. text >>document. Searching, sorting, cross referencing to genera and even >>species, that all cries out for a relational database -- or a spreadsheet >>with multiple tables. >> >>Jim Shields >> >> >> >>>Although it sounds like a good idea, it could be very unwieldy without >>>creating some sort of database. I have a list of references for the Iris >>>encyclopedia I am working on that is over a thousand entries and that is >>>but one genus. The other problem is Floras and such are going to contain >>>many Genera. Would you create a huge list of Genera and species >>>mentioned? It seems one would have to create some sort of guidlines. >>>_______________________________________________ > >If Jim, Robert, and other people can design a database that I can use >quickly and efficiently (and I don't find Microsoft databases to be usable >in a quick, efficient manner!), and if it can present the information in a >way that fairly naive users can use intuitively and easily, then I'll do >it that way. Please think about the design and make some proposals. > >Thanks, >Jane McGary > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA Member of INTERNATIONAL CLIVIA CO-OP