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It is not always clear for others exactly what we do at OST – starting with: what is a database?
For practical purposes we write software that assists people to manage collections of information, for instance: details about clients, members, orders, products, purchases, discussions, documents, assets, meetings, etc. Or possibly collections of things around the house, in the garden, in a game, out in space, in the ocean…
Many people, businesses and organisations may record this type of information in a spreadsheet, or in a group of spreadsheets. However, if you wanted to link a group of spreadsheets and allow a group of people to add and edit entries, search, sort, link across spreadsheets, ask questions of the information, then a database application would suit the task better – it is a more dedicated and powerful product for this specific purpose.
We have prepared an introductory guide as to the two common parts of a database and how they might be set up, for instance: on one computer, on a network, on the web, etc. Click on this link to access this document download: http://ostdatabasegroup.com.au/databaseoptions. We also have some additional information on database development in our earlier article: ‘There’s probably a database in that’ in our Issue 02 - August 2007 newsletter: http://ostdatabasegroup.com.au/downloads/newsletters.
Where you have any additional questions around databases, please give us a call or send us an email: http://ostdatabasegroup.com.au/contact.
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