[MR] RE: heraldry

[Christofe DuBois]

Databases are nothing more than delimited files.  With very little / no
additional work, I can open most database files on most other database
programs.  The data will port over to new database solutions just fine.

As far as glitches go...  I have a one word response-  Redundancy.  It's
still an infinitely more reliable source than paper, which can crumple,
wrinkle, rip, blur, smudge, and, as we started this thread with, fade.


----- Original Message -----
From: <JBRMM266 at aol.com>
To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:19 AM
Subject: Re: [MR] RE: heraldry


> In a message dated 01-06-06 22:31:59 EDT, mok2 at home.com writes:
>
> <<  Think about this.... when this was all done those filing cabinets
could be
>  vaulted somewhere and the database and current submissions would be the
only
>  thing L(K/Q)ofA would have to deal with.  How many hours would it save?
Just
>  a thought.... >>
>
> But think about THIS:  How many databases are there that are inaccessible
> becuase the technology has changed?  And what if some glitch messes up the
> database?  For my part, I think I'd still want to maintain records on hard
> copy . . .  I know it's cumbersome, but  . . . .
>
> Donal
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