Comic Database

[Ezekiel_Rage-migration]

I have toyed with the idea of creating a home grown solution but ultimately settled on a database put out by collectorz.com called Comic Collector to track my collection. While it does have some great features, there are also quite a few limitations, so I was curious as to what databases the rest of you out there are using.

 

 

[Peter_Parker59]

I use Comic Collector too, and I'm happy with it.

 

I export the data as an Excel spreadsheet from time to time and then move it to my Palm.

 

It's cool, but takes time to do that.

[THE_BEYONDER]

WELCOME TO THE BOARDS!!

[kryptonitecomics]

Yes welcome to the boards, I use 321 Collect and don't have any complaints.

[THE_BEYONDER]

What's 321 collect? And no, I'm not trolling you.

[fazman]

I've used Comicbase for a number of years. Great program, but a little on the pricey side.

[Red Hook]

Are any of these programs useable on a Mac?

[fazman]

http://www.human-computing.com/ComicBase.html

 

Here you go.

[Red Hook]

Thanks - Fazman!

[mitol]

Can you tell me if the Comic Collector app slows down as the amount of entries increase? My scans are approximately 175k and I am concerned that I may hit a brick wall after a certain number of entries. Thank you.

[Ezekiel_Rage-migration]

Can you tell me if the Comic Collector app slows down as the amount of entries increase? My scans are approximately 175k and I am concerned that I may hit a brick wall after a certain number of entries. Thank you.

 

Considering the pictures are stored on the hard drive and not within the database, theoretically you should not notice too much slow down. I am up to about 8000 entries and have noticed no degredation yet, but then less than 5% of my entries have cover scans so I cannot tell you for sure.

[Ezekiel_Rage-migration]

Yes welcome to the boards, I use 321 Collect and don't have any complaints.

 

Thanks.

 

Does this app target comic collecting or collecting in general? got a link?

[kryptonitecomics]

What's 321 collect? And no, I'm not trolling you.

 

It's a collectables database designed for all collectables not just comics. It's basically a GUI over the top of Microsoft Access and it has all of the standard fields for inputting your comics and images. You can add or remove fields as well to make the database what ever you want it to be. No infomation is contained within the program though so you have to input everything from scratch!

 

It works perfectly for my purposes, but differen't folks like different things in their software.

[Jagull]

http://www.human-computing.com/ComicBase.html

 

Here you go.

well poo, it's not OSX native >_<

dont even have the Classic enviro installed

[JLA_ALL_THE_WAY]

Yo Shane,

 

I also use the 321 Collect program, but I can't add images or even Copy/Paste info.

 

You're not having problems with this? LMK

 

Thanx, Rick

[UnrulyAppendage]

Can you tell me if the Comic Collector app slows down as the amount of entries increase? My scans are approximately 175k and I am concerned that I may hit a brick wall after a certain number of entries. Thank you.

 

I imagine the brick wall will only be your hardrive if it fills up. If you can afford it, buying more memory will speed up the time of pulling up scans onto your screen provided you have less than 128 MB. You will also be able to have more scans open at any given time with more memory.