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Choosing
your database
Issue date 21st Sept 2002
This
section applies ONLY if you have purchased Ideas Genie and have used your
Licence Number to register.
After
you have registered you have the option of using our “Mini database” as a basis
for building your own, or switching to the “Skeleton database” supplied with
the system. You may also request a copy of our “Core” database (price on
application).
Note
that the “Mini database” and the “Skeleton database” are identical for
Purchased copies and Evaluation copies.
The Mini database.
There
are 100+ plants in the “Mini database. Here are some facts to consider.
You
cannot “hide” these simply by defining a new gardener etc. They will remain in
your database and are accessible to all Gardeners.
You
can delete un-wanted plants at any time.
You
can opt to switch to the Skeleton database at any time up to your first “System
backup” to the Ideas Genie default backup folder.
Now
that Ideas Genie is registered, you have many more interesting “Alternative
data sources” options:
You
can define an alternative backup folder on your PC hard disk to use for backups
You
can define an alternative backup folder on a CD Rewriter or better still, a DVD
drive. This is the obvious recommended option.
You
can access and study the original database’s on the Ideas Genie installation
CD. After you insert the CD, cancel the Auto installer and the folders will be
accessible.
The Skeleton database
If
you are building a specialized database you may wish to start with the skeleton
database.
There
are only a handful of plants, one or two per Genus, in the skeleton database,
retained as “pegs” to retain Division Classification data.
((If
you delete a Genus, the Division Classification structure of that Genus is also
deleted)
To
use the “Skeleton Database” proceed to the section “Restoring the Skeleton
Database”
When you have selected and installed your chosen
database you are ready to move on to the section “More Recommended Tutorials”
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