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Question Hi. First of all I'm using Excel 2003.
And I'm working on a database to register my entire DVD collection. I've been looking for templates on the internet, but haven't found anyone satisfying. At least not for 03 version. So I began working it out myself, and acctually I think I'm getting there. But, I have a problem I've been busting my brains out on for a long time now:
I use a coloumn for "genre". I've made a drop down list linked to different genres outside the main list, wich are Action, Comedy, Musical, etc. Everything is working fine. But the problem occurs when there are genre mixes. For instance, if I would catalouge a movie as a "horror" movie, but also a "vampire" movie, I have a problem. I could do it the easy way, and make a "Horror/vampire" genre, but my idea of this database is that I can look up all horror movies by choosing "horror" in the genre list. And at the same time list all vampire movies by choosing "vampire" in the genre list. The same goes for "Drama" and "Romance" for instance. Basically, I want to be able to define a movie as multiple genres.
If I want to see what "romance" movies I've got, I will find "Atonement" as one of them, for instance. But when I want to take a look at "drama", Atonement will also show up there.
I hope you understand the problem, and hopefully there's a soloution to this, although I havn't found anything on the internet yet. I have a similar problem on another project where I'm making a list of all concerts I've been to. I don't know how I'm going to list different venues and shows, with the same band. (As genres for the same movie).
Answer Endre,
I also collect DVDs and have about 600 in my library. My solution to this problem is to define a GENRE and a SUB-GENRE. Thus I have HORROR movies, which have various sub-types VAMPIRE, DEAD, TEENAGER, etc.
This approach isn't EXACTLY what you want, but it works for me. As long as there aren't any ROMANCE - TEENAGER, or ROMANCE - VAMPIRE (which of course, there ARE) this type of system could work for you, too.
Hope I have given you some small bits to think about....
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