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Simon Waters wrote: > Neil Winchurst wrote: >> Well, thanks for the info. It seems that I will have to write my own >> database for the job. Now I must decide which program to use. > > What precisely do you want to keep track of about the CDs? > Perhaps I should have mentioned that I am talking about classical music CD's. In effect I am looking to set up a database of all the relevant details from each CD. Here is an example - DISCID=69103107 DTITLE=Sir Malcolm Arnold / Complete Symphonies - Disc 2 - Nos 3 and 4 DYEAR=2001 DGENRE=Symphony TTITLE0=Symphony No 3 Op 63 - I Allegro - vivace TTITLE1=Symphony No 3 Op 63 - II Lento TTITLE2=Symphony No 3 Op 63 - III Allegro con brio - Presto TTITLE3=Symphony No 4 Op 71 - I Allegro - poco piu mosso - Tempo I TTITLE4=Symphony No 4 Op 71 - II Vivace ma non troppo TTITLE5=Symphony No 4 Op 71 - III Andantino TTITLE6=Symphony No 4 Op 71 - IV Con fuoco - alla marcia - Maestoso -Allegro molto So, one table to hold the first four items and a linked table to hold the title details for each CD. I could have a go at setting up one for myself, but I wondered if one was already available. (See next para.) In my Windows days I would have used Borland Paradox and had the database set up and in use in half a day, easily. Unfortunately there is no equivalent program yet in Linux. That, IMHO, is the big, big hole in what Linux can offer. For just about everything else there is now a program available in Linux to do the job, but a database equivalent to Paradox or even Windows Access? No way. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html