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rmsilver · February 17th, 2006, 03:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted

thanks john-was afraid of that

"John Nurick" wrote:

Hi Robin,

The most efficient way may well be to buy a ready-made application such
as Act! or Goldmine and to work within its limitations. Otherwise, be
prepared to spend hundreds of hours learning about databases in general
and Access in particular, analysing your business's needs and processes,
and finally designing and implementing the solution, or adapting an
existing one.

The book "Microsoft Office Access 2003 Inside Out" by John L Viescas
includes a real working contact-tracking database. If it doesn't meet
your needs as it stands, by the time you've studied the 1200+ pages
you'll be able to modify it.

Here
http://www.databaseanswers.org/data_...ema_dezign.htm
is a simplified diagram of the tables in an actual
contact/client-tracking database. There are lots of other examples on
that site.

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:52:28 -0800, "rmsilver"
wrote:

I am trying to build a client database, which has the info of new potential
clients (ie contact info, emails, etc)

I need to track when we send a letter of intro, send samples, etc

What is the best most efficient way to accomplish this?

thanks,
Robin, Access newbie

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John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP]

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