I agree with mikie lewis completely. We are using macs and filemaker db with one server and eight clients. One thing different we did was a physical inventory check before entering data from sheets so we knew what was there and of course what was missing. a good data base program like filemaker and 4th d, allow one to easily configure the data in any way you want and you don't have to be a computer wiz to do it. chuck cecil california academy of sciences anthro. dept.