Re: [Bookbase-help] Looking at bookbase.
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From: Greg K. <gre...@ba...> - 2003-02-24 20:39:38
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> First, it requires the ISBN number and refuses to accept a book without it. This is something that will be corrected in the next version. > There seems to be no way to select/modify an entry. > If I "search" for a title, then click on a result, the book entry fields > are not filled in. I am therefore forced to enter them in again by hand, > it attempts to add yet another entry. This may be an error on my part, > but how to I recall an entry to modify it? This definitely does not sound right. To modify an entry you should run a search, right click on the entry you wish to modify, and select 'MODIFY' > How do I maintain just one entry for each author, and list multiple > books by this author? It doesn't work that way. Yet. In the current version, the author's name is stored as a text field in the book record. This will be changed in upcoming versions. > There does seem to be an extra field following > the author name, is this for an author ID that allows my to refer back > to an author in the db? That second field was meant for a second author, but don't use it -- it's broken. > In absence of any satisfactory answers to these questions, is there any > other book db system out there that would allow me to maintain a database > of books without these restrictions? Not as far as I know. That's why I wrote this one. > As is, I can't even use bookbase for initial entry because it seems to > keep creating duplicate entries int he author and publisher fields. I suspect there is something fishy going on between BookBase and whatever flavor of unix you use. If I were you, I wouldn't use the program until the next version comes out. Greg |