I second using Access for a database. It's powerful, versatile, and useful.
>Just a comment: Microsoft Access 97 is rated the best of databases for
>1998 by PC World's panel of testers and judges. Suggested retail is
>$339.
>
>Sylvia
>
>> Massimo Scali wrote:
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>> I built a database for my cowries collection using ACCESS.
>> But I'm a software designer so I could build a friendly interface over
>> an Access-format database by using Visual Basic.
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