PS Sometimes I still work with just files of bytes and use pure binary
access (which is cool as one can put any kind of weird structuring that you
want on it - you don't even have to structure it. You dont even need fixed
field or record sizes and can access it using straightforward serial access
(a lot of reading) or all kinds of forward and backward pointing links
(pointers) - but for this project, the Access Jet engine is perfectly
adequate!
Allan
Yeah databases are cool and addictive!
Allan
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>From: "Matthew Bristol" <bristolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Re: My proposed database fields
>Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:24:38 -0600
>
>
>I decided to give you a quick example of what I meant by normalizing.
>This seemed more fun than working on my own DB's for work...
>
>
>You could even add another "layer" where only the unedited pictures are
>stored in tbl_Pictures and you stored information about different edits
>in another table that referenced the id_Picture of the original as well
>as any edit information. That would be much preferable if you were
>storing several edits for the same picture, as you would have to enter
>the original picture information only once.
>
>If you made a tbl_Films, you could just have a film type of "Digital"
>for your DSLR shots.
>
>I like DB's much too much.
>________
>tbl_Cameras
>_________
>id_Camera: Autonumber
>CameraDescription: A1
>CameraManufacturer: Canon
>CameraSN: 0912831902-309
>CameraType:DSLR
>
>
>_________
>tbl_Lenses
>__________
>id_Lens: Autonumber
>LensDescription: 18-50mm EFS
>LensManufacturer: Canon
>LensMaxmm:18
>LensMinmm: 50
>LensMaxf: 6.0
>LensMinf: 2.8
>LensSN: 45646516545
>
>__________
>tbl_Pictures
>___________
>id_Picture:Autonumber
>id_Camera: foreign key from tbl_Cameras
>id_Lens: foreign key from tbl_Lenses
>FileSpec: C:\MyDocuments\MyPictures\DSC001.JPG
>Date/Time: 12/12/2006 18:59:00
>Subject: Roxie the cat
>Shoot Desc: Rulers Of The Roost
>Location: Home
>Shot By: Me
>Etc...(no need for any additional camera or lens information)
>
>_________
>tbl_Edits
>_________
>id_Edit: Autonumber
>id_Picture: foreign key from tbl_Pictures
>EditProgram: CS2
>Edit Description: Crop, curve balancing...
>EditLink: :\MyDocuments\MyPictures\DSC001_Edit1.JPG
>etc...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Matthew Bristol
>Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:00 AM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: My proposed database fields
>
>
>I would do a bit of normalization. I would store camera and lens info
>in different tables. Then one could store more information about each
>of those and link to the entries in your pictures table. You also might
>want a table of film types as well that you could link to. Also, why
>would you need to store both the link to the picture AND a copy of the
>picture? It seems once you started editing pictures, it might be hard
>to keep straight which copy is the most current.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Allan Mee
>Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 1:22 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] My proposed database fields
>
>
>Here's my first thoughts regarding database fields for the database I'm
>going to write in VB - with a couple of made up examples of records.
>Any thoughts? Have I missed anything obvious?
>Allan
>
>Fields:
>RefNo: 000001 (Auto-generated by access)
>FileSpec: C:\MyDocuments\MyPictures\DSC001.JPG
>Date/Time: 12/12/2006 18:59:00
>Subject: Roxie the cat
>Shoot Desc: Rulers Of The Roost
>Location: Home
>Shot By: Me
>Edited: No
>Camera Make: Canon
>Model: EOS DIGITAL REBEL 300D
>Camera Type: DLSR
>Flash Used: No
>FlashType: Built-in
>Lens Used: 18-50mm EFS
>Focal Length: 70 mm
>Exposure Time: 1/500 sec
>Aperture: f/5.6
>ISO: 200
>Exposure Bias: -1/3
>White Balance: AWB
>Metering Mode: Matrix
>Image Format: JPEG
>JPEG Quality: High/Fine
>Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
>Focus Distance: 5m
>CFCardRefNo:0001
>ImageWidth: 1024
>ImageHeight: 768
>ColourInfo: 32-bit RGB+Alpha
>Scanned: No
>Image: (copy of actual image stored)
>
>RefNo: 000002 (Auto-generated by access)
>FileSpec: C:\MyDocuments\MyPictures\DSC002.JPG
>Date/Time: 12/12/2006 20:04:17
>Subject: Ben the dog
>Shoot Desc: Rulers Of The Roost
>Location: Garden
>Shot By: Me
>Edited: No
>Camera Make: Canon
>Model: A1
>Camera Type: 35mm
>Flash Used: No
>FlashType: None
>Lens Used: 28mm Cosina
>Focal Length: 28 mm
>Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
>Aperture: f/4
>ISO: 200
>Exposure Bias: -1/3
>White Balance: NA
>Metering Mode: Centre-Weighted
>Image Format: JPEG
>JPEG Quality: High/Fine
>Exposure Program: Aperture Priority
>Focus Distance: 10m
>CFCardRefNo:NA
>ImageWidth: 800
>ImageHeight: 600
>ColourInfo: 16-bit RGB+Alpha
>Scanned: Yes
>Image: (copy of actual image stored)
>
>
>
>
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