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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kdh1949: Quote:
I only see the proposal as creating more work than I have to do now -- and, selfish as I am, I am not in favor of it. If most of the names in your database are like that and you're happy with the parsing - what extra work would be created by moving to this system? All your names would be automatically converted into the format it sounds like you prefer. And if you have to create a person for your own profiles, you only have 2 fields to fill in, 1 less than currently. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting snarbo: Quote:
This being the case why not just use CATVids, you can your one name field then?
Steve Why would I want to do that? I like Profiler and want to continue using Profiler. I see this idea as a way of simplifying cast and crew name entry and stopping a lot of pointless arguments. It actually adds functionality to the program as it allows people to cater for asian names. And so far no one's been able to come up with any kind of down side. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,242 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
Quoting snarbo:
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This being the case why not just use CATVids, you can your one name field then?
Steve
Why would I want to do that? I like Profiler and want to continue using Profiler. I see this idea as a way of simplifying cast and crew name entry and stopping a lot of pointless arguments. It actually adds functionality to the program as it allows people to cater for asian names. And so far no one's been able to come up with any kind of down side. So therefore going on the fact you prefer DVDP over Catvids, why are you trying to have catvids way of doing things implimented into your prefered choice of DVD cataloguing program? As I have already stated before every DB I have ever come across (and was taught to do) has TWO name fields, as its bad DB design to use only one. Steve |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting snarbo: Quote:
So therefore going on the fact you prefer DVDP over Catvids, why are you trying to have catvids way of doing things implimented into your prefered choice of DVD cataloguing program?
As I have already stated before every DB I have ever come across (and was taught to do) has TWO name fields, as its bad DB design to use only one.
Steve I'm not - in fact I don't think it was me that first suggested a single name field here in the forums. I just brought it here because I liked the idea and could see the advantages. And despite the fact you dislike the idea of having a single name field, you haven't listed what disadvantages it would bring. |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 2,366 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm against a single name field. Instead I would rather have two name fields but I seriously doubt this will happen, so I will settle for the three fields we have at the moment. | | | Martin Zuidervliet
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
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I only see the proposal as creating more work than I have to do now -- and, selfish as I am, I am not in favor of it.
If most of the names in your database are like that and you're happy with the parsing - what extra work would be created by moving to this system? All your names would be automatically converted into the format it sounds like you prefer. And if you have to create a person for your own profiles, you only have 2 fields to fill in, 1 less than currently. One thing you say makes no sense. My names wouldn't automatically be converted into the format I prefer -- because I prefer the 3 field format. With the current system, if a person only uses 2 name fields I only have to fill 2 fields - and can skip over the middle name. Actually, I don't even have to do that now since the middle name field comes after the last name in the entry screen. | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,242 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks for the big red arrow...my first.
Steve
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting snarbo: Quote:
Thanks for the big red arrow...my first.
Steve
Whoever it was Which post did you get a red arrow on? I haven't seen anything that wouldn't even vaguely warrant one. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,242 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting snarbo: Quote:
Quoting northbloke:
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Quoting snarbo:
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This being the case why not just use CATVids, you can your one name field then?
Steve
Why would I want to do that? I like Profiler and want to continue using Profiler. I see this idea as a way of simplifying cast and crew name entry and stopping a lot of pointless arguments. It actually adds functionality to the program as it allows people to cater for asian names. And so far no one's been able to come up with any kind of down side.
So therefore going on the fact you prefer DVDP over Catvids, why are you trying to have catvids way of doing things implimented into your prefered choice of DVD cataloguing program?
As I have already stated before every DB I have ever come across (and was taught to do) has TWO name fields, as its bad DB design to use only one.
Steve This one. |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Obviously a database designer who only uses one name field - shame on you!  However, balance has been restored. | | | | Last edited: by northbloke |
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