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Now that the big production DB thread's calmed...i think.... (actually, thanks: I learned much,because I have nearly everything to learn...) I've got a small "non-production" need, and I'm OK with using mysql. I'm implementing (still in early research/try-this-out mode) an INVENTORY, i mean ASSET, system for work/campus (network operations). Basically "where's my stuff"...what model/etc equipment in each network closet, optionally adding cost/value/maint$ fields. Found an amazing LACK of common/popular tools for this initially; Then I found something that actually worked w/ PHP5 from the free tarball at... (warning...don't be confused by their need to sell cloud seats for the tool at...) http://www.tracmor.com/ You can avoid the cloud and do your own localized/private install. Onto your LAMP server you can try the PHP/etc at http://code.google.com/p/tracmor/downloads/detail?name=tracmor-0.2.0.zip&can=2&q= and with some savvy (the INSTALL doc leaves a bit for you to intuit, like not explaining the single-db-username is separate from web-user-names) IT ACTUALLY WORKS. So far minimally, I mean ....GUI looks good, videos on the main site are helpful and seem to apply equally to a cloud user/customer, versus my-localized-installation, though I'm having import problems at the moment. Just thought I'd throw this out there in case it's useful (and/or I get or share some feedback/tips if anyone else tries it!) Alternate tool ideas welcome.... -- doug ==========TERMINOLOGY (standard or not? for this tool, there's....) ASSETS == Equipment you keep and maybe loan out, with serial numbers..... INVENTORY == things like cables w/o serial numbers you want to track. Although an "Inventory" in most minds is the info/collection of the assets.
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