FREE DATABASE

[Little Nac]

Hi to all.
Does anyone know of a free database I could use to catalogue my DVD Movies. At the moment I am using Excel, but it is a bit of a pain.
All I need is for the Movie Name, Running Time and possibly the actor's name.
It needs to be able to sort in alphabetical order, and print about 3 or 4 columns to a A4 sheet of paper (Letter size in the U.S. case).
The simpler the better.
Any advice would be greatly apprecited. I have searched the Internet to no avail.
Thanks in advance.

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[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Did a quick Google search and I also didn't find any free ones but I did find several at around US$30/UK£30/EU€30 or so.

[Steve Grisetti]

There's always OpenOffice, Oracle's free, open source version of Office. The Word-like, Excel-like and Powerpoint-like files it creates are all compatible with Microsoft Office.

I don't know that it will necessarily be simpler than Office -- but it's certainly cheaper (free).

And then there's always Microsoft Project, a database program that can store and retrieve your list with as many or as few categories of information as you'd like.

I haven't done any experimenting with it, but the OpenOffice package does include a version of it too that may well be worth checking out!

[rfjg]

I agree, try OpenOffice.org, I think you'll find it will do the job.

[Chuck Engels]

MySQL is free.

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I would use MySql as Chuck suggested, and connect Excel to MySql. Or, If you know scripting languages, make a web interface with PHP that you run locally on your PC.

[Little Nac]

Thank you very much to all for your advice.
I can't believe that it is so hard to find just a very simple database on line.
I have seen the Office Org advertised but never worried about it as I have MS Office 2007 & now 2010.
Will also check out MySql.
Thanks again for the help.

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[Chuck Engels]

If you have Office then you possibly have Access, which is a very simple Microsoft Office Database.

[sidd finch]

If you are using Excel why don't you just create a pivot table in another tab in the spreadsheet. That way you can customize your pivot table link it to the original file then everytime you update your old excel file you just refresh your pivot table and it will update the information. Also if you have the MS office suite you could use access database to upload your excel file and create a managed report. Send me a private message if you would like a detailed set of instructions.

Sidd