More on Iris Database


More about my Iris Information Database (IID) 

In the case you are familiar
with irises!! but not with databases and what they can do I thought I
would give a very brief outline of the capabilities.  The IID database is
of the Windows type.  It functions in Windows 3.11 or Windows 95 and 
requires a minimum 486 computer with 8mb ram. The above are usually 
minimum for most new programs these days.  

Some of what you can do;  

1. Lookup the info on
an iris. Just type in the name or even part of an iris name, click on
"search names" and you are at the data faster than you can read these
couple of words.(even with tens of thousands of iris info records) So,
even if you only know part of the name you can find it, example;  you
remember only part of the name, lets say "Brown" and you can have all the
iris that have the word "Brown" in their name come up.  

Thats the simple
and easy stuff, now for the really neat stuff!.  You can run a request for
specific data, you select the parameters. For instance;  

1. Say you want
to see all the iris that Dave Niswonger has introduced in 1992 and 1993
and 1995 that are SDB's that have Chubby Cheeks as a parent.  A click or
two of the mouse and you have them all!  Now you got them, save the
report, print them out, alphabetize them, organize them by year, etc.,
etc..  

2. Say you are interested in rebloomers. You want look up all the
iris with the Immortality as a parent. No problem. A second or so and you
can have them all.  

3. Say you want to see all the varieties that Zurbrigg
has introduced since 1982.  easy!clickthat mouse!  

Try finding the above type of data
by leafing through the printed checklists! Kind of time consuming, huh? 

With the new SD-ROM technology that is to be ready at the end of this year
all the checklists plus a color photo of each can all be put on one SD-ROM
disc. The SD stands for Super Density, these will hold several gigabytes 
(up to 18Gb)
of data each disc verses 600 mb for the present CD-ROM discs.  And best 
of all with some work it can be here in the near future. Sooner than the 21st
century! Remember, the 21st century does not start until Jan 1st 2001. 
:->


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Chris Hollinshead e-mail: bu336@torfree.net
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
The true north strong and free!
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