On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:38:41 GMT in RSE3f.24186$wm3.19828@trnddc01 J Fortuna wrote:
"?" wrote in message
rg...
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However, I've yet to even get through a gross analysis of your webmail
cgi-bin.
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Chris Dukes
Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil

Chris,

Ok, so if suspicion breeds confidence, am I supposed to be suspicious about
your analyzing of _my_ webmail cgi-bin, and how will that make me more
confident, and not really really concerned? Hmm.

Be very concerned and how bad my mind is munging names :-).

In response to:
I currently keep a spread sheet.
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I'm somewhat tempted to move to a "real database".

I too started with a spreadsheet for my orchid info, and when I finally
moved to the database, I wished that I had done it a long time ago. Do think
more about it. It's definitely worth it. OrchidKitty's email shows some of
the really cool stuff that one can do with a database -- OrchidKitty, I am
really impressed! Even for less complex data, a database can be much more
organized and flexible than a spreadsheet. And the more data you have, the
more awkward the spreadsheet becomes. How many orchids do you have now,
Chris?

I agree that databases tend to work much better than spread sheets.
However, databases cannot be maintained for weeks on end with a printout
and a pencil or pen :-).
Moving to a database has been hindered by laziness and cheapness.
Open Office currently lacks something equivalent to access and rolling
my own database is going to lead to a tangent on generating tables for
printout and attempt #3 at writing a GUI app.

As for the orchids...

45 that are alive and in the sheet.
1 from the GF that is currently undergoing spag 'n bag because the GF rotted
the roots off.
3 ludisia being propagated via cuttings.
2 nobile dendrobiums being propagated from keikis.
1 ludisia propagated via cutting and given to GF.
1 ludisia propagated via cutting and sold.

We'll just not talk about the african violets, bromeliads,
spider plants, philodendrons, epihyllum, peppers, begonias ....

I refuse to worry until I'm in my 80s and one of my sprogs asks
"Just how many more ... are you going to propagate?" and I respond
"I don't know, how many more acres do I have left?"
(My granddad managed to cover a couple acres of land in South Carolina
in camelias before he died.)


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Chris Dukes
Suspicion breeds confidence -- Brazil