Greetings,
I have to admit that I'm still a beginner in the database field, but I'm
actively studying, and this is why I will be utterly grateful for the
proper, accurate, and wise guidance to the right direction or specific
paths of database studies.
I simply want to make my first major database project a "personal
knowledge database" or a "personal encyclopedia", so to speak. By this I
mean that I want to gather diverse, multi-format bits of knowledge into
a single database divided into major categories, sub-categories, and so
on. For example, I want to scan collected articles from newspapers &
magazine and save them as images, type hand-written notes into the
computer and save them as MS Word or Text files, save audio files with
searchable keywords, even save searchable MS OneNote audio & text files,
all into directories & sub-directories. Then I want to be able to search
all these files for specific words or subjects; sort them according to
date, subject, etc; update, add to or append, edit, or even cut & paste
(within) any of those records in the database, which rely on easily
customizable formats like text & images (in contrast with audio files or
OneNote files, for example).
I also want to prevent wasting time in the future, by avoiding
repetitive, same-keywords typing for every non-text new entry, like an
image or audio file, by having a customizable keyword list open (by
right clicking for example), where one could mark all the relevant
keywords for the picture or audio file. Also have a short description
for each one of those entries when needed. And I want to be able to add
slick, good-looking graphics to the interface of the database and the
forms of the records.
Basically, my priorities include: saving time filling the database with
knowledge, quickly & accurately finding the future targets of any
search, presenting the search results in a highly comprehensible &
organized form, and a good looking interface & forms for every entry,
which are pleasing to the eye and encouraging to study.
I already use graphics applications for the "looks" part. So my question
is: what are the technologies or applications that I should learn by
heart and use in order to design such a database in the best way? Would
MS Access alone do it all for me? Or should I learn other technologies?
I'll be grateful for anyone taking the time to help. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Yasso
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dying is like saying that barbers do not exist because there are people
with long hair! Truth is: they suffer because they did not find God or
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