what are risks/cost of database approach?
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Risks:\nLegality (having to adhere to laws for keeping personal data)\nGetting data wrong and seriously annoying people\nKeeping data secure so it can be stolen/changed\n\nCosts:\nMaintenance (making sure that no-one has hacked it and it's all working fine)\nData Entry (perhaps paying multiple people to enter the same data so that it is definitely entered correctly)
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Use either Access or MySQL. 1000 records is very small, you do not need to pay the $thousands for MS SQL or Oracle. Access can definitely handle 1000 records.\n\nOne nice thing about Access is that it enables you to create forms. So people can input data using a visual form, and the data goes into the database. Also, Access offers a GUI for creating your database tables. MySQL does not offer these capabilities, but its main plus is that it is free. I would question what the other guy said about how powerful it is, though. It is definitely a lot weaker than Oracle or MS SQL, BUT for your needs it should be fine.\n\nEither Access or MySQL will work fine for Web programming too if you want to connect your db to an online Web site.
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I found this for you : http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/1756161\n\nHope that helps! Sounds like fun!
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Hi,\nI am database programmer and use MS Access and SQl and others. Give a detailed example what you exactly want to do. Then I will tell you the design. I never designed a database wrong until now, hehe.\n\nA very important tip for you! If you want later export the database to SQL do NOT use the export wizzard of Access. This wizzard does not work and cost only time. Use the Import Wizzard in SQL. This wizzard works. \n\nNice greetings\nFranky
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Since mysql, Oracle, DB2 and Microsoft all offer free versions of their databases I am not sure who would pay money for a database.  Try selling something else.
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you have to have a database set up, you can do it yourself, or there are companies and software suites that manage it for you.
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While what you want to do could be done with Access, programming Access to do it -- make the forms, the queries and reports needed -- is very difficult, if you don't have fairly advanced database / Access skills.\n\nAlso, you're going to want this product to have rock-solid support -- because once you start using it, you'll be tied to it, and if it fails, you'll need it fixed ASAP.\n\nAs a result, you're not going to find something like what you are asking for out there for free, and having it custom programmed is going to cost more than buying it off the shelf -- at least, if the programmer is worth his salt.\n\nInstead, you should look for an off-the-shelf solution.\n\nQuickbooks -- http://www.intuit.com -- is one option; it technically is bookkeeping software, but it has advanced inventory management features and can handle purchase orders / autodepleting inventory based on purchase orders.\n\nIt will cost several hundred dollars to purchase, but you will find, again, that even so, it's one of the more affordable solutions.\n\nShort of that, there are lots of other software packages out there; most will cost even more than Quickbooks.\n\nA final option might be to find a college student who is in a database administration or programming course, and see if he's be willing to build this for you on the cheap. But remember, you get what you pay for.
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My company did this last year.  We asked each department to identify the top risks to our business from their perspective.  We also asked them to get out of the box and look at everything from market changes to having a key employee leave.   \n\nOnce we had a list of risks, we used a scale of 1-10 for three areas:  1) Chance of this happening, 2) Cost to Cure  3) Revenue Risk.  This wasn't a perfect science, but it gave us something to work with and a common language.  \n\nWe found there was a list of about 100 and we tackled them based upon budget and bandwidth of the key employees.  \n\nI am certain there are MBA's out there who will have better answers.  Good luck.
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bigbubba is right. SQL is far more stable when multi-user access is needed.\n\nif you cannot afford a SQL server, you can use MSDE from Microsoft which is free.
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No. It is fairly easy to do if you are familiar with database design; your biggest challenges will be in how you store and order your information, not in how it will be displayed.
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The previous answer is correct - however, unless we're talking about a high volume of data, I prefer to use an MS Access backend database instead - I think it's easier to maintain.\n\nHowever, as the previous respondent said, the key is finding an ISP whose platform supports your platform.
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Advantages of a Database\n·        Reduction in data redundancy \n·        Maintenance of data integrity and quality \n·        Avoidance of inconsistency  \n·        Reduced cost of software development  \n·        Security restrictions  \n\n\nThe biggest advantage is that if a standard way to organize and store data that  allows you to decouple the representation of the data from the software that uses it.\n\nThis allows you to move or reorganize data without have to find every program that uses the data and change them to match the change in the data. \n\n\naccess speed and increase in space to represent the data are the big disadvantages.
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Given that Yahoo has huge list of services (http://docs.yahoo.com/docs/family/more ), some free and some premium, I believe there are very different database requirements on different functions of those services and they hand-pick the optimal database and configuration for a specific purpose - MySQL, gdbm, Berkeley db, Oracle,  home-cooked databases, etc.
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It's probably an overview of a database's functionality and usefulness, taking into account the entity relationships (records, fields, tables, etc.), ability and availability of meaningful queries, and use of proper datatypes, amongst other things.\n\nIt's a good idea to ask yourself all kinds of questions regarding what you want the database to do for you and any (other) users, develop the necessary tables, and test out a few queries.
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approach to what?  some more clarification would help.\n\nif you're creating a small site or program, a file-based approach may be easier, especially if the data doesn't move/change a lot.  a database makes manipulation of the data a lot easier.  if you're using mysql or psql or somesuch, you don't have to recreate the wheel in parsing data files to get to the data you want.  if you only have a few lines of data to store, then a file might do, but once you start getting into thousands of records a database makes more sense.  mysql is very fast at finding exactly what you want, whereas parsing through a large text file to find the lines you want can become very labor intensive, especially when you need to write or delete records.
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its not program .. u need some one to make a good database program to handle this and there is some good companies in that
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there are lot of tools u can use to createa database it depends on the purpose as to why u want to create and what are u looking to do after that etcc....