On 5/5/06, Susan Hamburger <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > A rose by any other name is still a rose. MS Access is a relational > database. It is definitely not an index. Look at Richard Pearce-Moses's > Glossary of of Archival and Records Terminology on SAA's Web site > (http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp) and you will see that shoot you don't even have to go there just search for a definition on google http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3Adatabase&btnG=Google+Search http://shrinkster.com/eqc -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA Richmond, Va A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>