Re: Dealer List

Posted by BigKev On 2009/8/13 16:29:34

Just one more note on doing it the way I have described. Let say that Dave adds Acme Dealer, in MyTown, PA with a YOR (Year of Reference) date of 1934 to his spreadsheet.

Then Brian adds the same dealer to his list with a YOR of 1955.

When those are merged, I would imagine it would be safe to assume that from the two disparate sources that the dealer was in operation from at least the time period of 1934 -> 1955.

The database can be setup to absorb the multiple entries for the same dealer, and know how to display the data. So if it sees a YOR entry for that dealer of 1934, and another for 1955, and another for 1957, then it can display something to the affect the "Known Years of Operation 1934>1957)" when that Dealer Entry is displayed. Ahh the wonders of code.

Thats the benefit of have multiple people work it, as they will each have access to different reference materials.