Kathryn Bassett
kathryn at bassett.net
Thu Feb 28 18:24:45 CST 2013
I've a lot to be thankful for as well. For a 100 mile endurance race, I was doing manual spreadsheet entries based on info given me from the ham operators so that I could print the spreadsheets for the people at the finish line to see. I didn't even know what a "relational database" was. But since Access was part of the Office suite, I thought I'd find out and joined the list. With the help of this list, the race data got turned into an Access database, then further help made the info from the hams be able to be imported into the database, and each year there was something new that got added to make it better. Eventually, I got to the point that there was nothing more I could do with my mdb, and I was concentrating on putting the results on the website, warning that the place a runner was, was as much as 3-4 hours old. In parallel, there was someone working on a VB program for tracking the runners via ham radio software. He turned his program into Access, and we eventually married the two programs. As of about 4-5 years ago, that marriage provides instantly like feeds to update the website in real time. None of this could have happened without this list!!!!! The race this year is Aug 3/4 if you want to see the info in action at: http://scrrba.org/ac100 -- Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA) "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap" kathryn at bassett.net http://bassett.net > -----Original Message----- > In 1997 I didn't know my Access from my elbow. Thanks to the list I'm not > only solvent, I won an Access contest: > > Goto www.e-z-mrp.com and click on the link E-Z-MRP developer wins the > AUGSD > 2012 Access Idol Challenge (bottom of the Testimonials box) > > Thank you one and all for your help over the years > > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> www.e-z-mrp.com > <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> > Skype: rocky.smolin