Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cognos.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!glee From: glee@cognos.UUCP (Godfrey Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Database application ideas sought Message-ID: <298@cognos.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 00:40:43 EST Article-I.D.: cognos.298 Posted: Thu Jan 8 00:40:43 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Jan-87 23:08:19 EST References: <4431@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: glee@northstar.UUCP (Godfrey Lee) Distribution: net Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 33 Summary: In article <4431@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU> gary@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Gary Samad) writes: >What would/do you all use databases for? For what would you use a database that >allows pictures to be stored in it as well as text and numbers? There are a lot of commercial use for it, such as storing catalog of inventory, showing houses along with the description of the house for realty companies. The combination of a home computer with colour graphics, a cheap digitizer, and a database like the above make all that possible. Somethings off the top of my head for personal use: . online cookbook with the picture of the result of each recipe, or illustration of the steps. . phonebook with image of person . catalog of my jewelry with picture of the jewelry, great for insurance companies. . database of icons Come to think of it, you probably want a database where each column in a table (item in a record) can be an iff object, so you can store not only pictures, but also documents (encoded with layout information), sound piece, or even a program. Actually, you could generalize it so each column can be a file (actually pointer to a file). -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Godfrey Lee, Cognos Incorporated, 3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1G 3N3 (613) 738-1440 decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!glee -----------------------------------------------------------------------------