RE: Database for Tracking Irises

I use Excel.  I know it isn't a true database but it works for me.  I have
columns for everything I am interested in.  Name, desc, year of intro,
breeder/hybridizer, height, when it blooms, is it a space ager, does it
rebloom, what type of iris is it, where I got it, when I got it, location,
and so on and so forth.  I use mail merge to print labels.  I print right
straight out of excel for everything else.  I can sort this by any of those
columns, add a column, delete a column or search by a word or phrase.  Works
for me.

Dana

Dana Brown
AIS Region 17 Judges Training Chairperson
Director TBIS, ASI
AIS, ASI, MIS, RIS, SPIS, TBIS
Malevil Gardens
www.malevil-iris.com
Lubbock, TX
Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
danabrown@peoplepc.com



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On Behalf Of Neil A
Mogensen
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 8:22 AM
To: Iris-talk
Subject: [iris] Database for Tracking Irises

Jean, I use MS Access, and have set up an entry page so I can enter data
from
either catalogs or the AIS R&I's and Check Lists.  I don't know if the file
that creates the entry page and the file that creates the data page in the
data base would be transferable.  I suspect it would.  You would have to
have
either MS Office or at least Access and Word to use this, however.

I have to go to MS Word and use "Mail Merge" to print from the Access file,
which requires me to think harder than I want to on just what to do next to
get the results I want.  The end result looks great--and I can select fields
to print that would give a list of names, or a list with originator's name
or
whatever.  The process is very flexible, but requires enough attention and
thought that would give most of us a headache.

You might find something simpler to use, but I'd be happy to share what I
have
if you're interested.

Neil Mogensen

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