[AccessD] To the newer members

Kathryn Bassett kathryn at bassett.net
Wed Mar 14 16:41:45 CDT 2007


It's been a while since I've had a need to post to the AccessD list. But I just used something in one of my databases that reminded me just how much help this list was to me while I was learning to use Access. Unlike many of the people on this list, I am not a database developer, just someone who needs results from my own data. But even though I came to this list with absolutely no knowledge of relational databases, I was given plenty of expert help. 

In particular, there was a database that I was working on to help me provide relatively live information on a 100 mile endurance race. In about a 5 year span it became more and more refined, in part because some of the experts actually wrote bits of code for me to incorporate, simply because I couldn't figure out how to do it myself. I won't name names for fear of leaving someone out, but they are major players here on the list. Another ham radio operator involved with the race was developing a checkpoint communications program, also in Access. Last year before the race, he combined what I (and AccessD) had done through the years, with his work, and as a result, in 2006 the AC100 Finish Line website http://www.ac100.com/finish/ now posts live results updated every 5 minutes, with splits showing for all the checkpoints. This is the first Ultra Marathon (at least in the US) that has been able to accomplish this. This would not have happened if it had not been for all the help I was given in my newbie years by the members of this list.

So, if you, as a new member of the list, are not getting the help you need, it is probably because you are lurking and not asking for help. I want to encourage you to not be afraid to jump right in - in addition to the help, you may find yourself making many long time friends.

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Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA)
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