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Interesting approach, though I don't understand all of it. The attribute bit stumps me - what's that got to do with data and tables? I've only used Access, Reflex, FoxPro and Paradox in the past, so I tend to think of database structures in those terms. I'm going to have enough to do just keeping up with variations on equipment types. For instance, transformers can have Load Tap Changers (LTCs) which effectively act as regulators to change voltage in response to load changes. If one is so equipped I'll need to keep track of a separate object, along with its own tests and reading history, but never let it get disconneted from its parent transformer. Other transformers are associated with regulators as separate devices, and these can be separated from their parent transformers and installed in other locations. They also use different methods of oil protection - some are sealed, some have pressure tanks of nitrogen to maintain positive pressure, which has to be monitored. Others have oil reservoirs, and the levels have to be recorded in both the transformer and reservoir.

I think for now I need to keep it simple, if somewhat inefficient, just to avoid driving myself nuts. Fortunately there aren't a lot of tests that are done, and this industry hasn't changed in 50 years. They still think solid state relays are risky, new-fangled toys. It might be another 50 years before I have to add a new test, and I really won't give a damn by then. Big Grin | :-D

One of my primary goals will be to incorporate trend reporting in the test results, once I get the inventory tracking functions in working order. A DB is only as useful as the money it saves you, and it's a lot cheaper to anticipate a transformer failure before it happens. Gas testing in particular is remarkably valuable, though the level of dissolved gasses is less important than the rate of change. This information must be easy to manipulate in the future in order to easily generate views with meaningful content, and while the tests haven't changed, the interpretation of the results has been steadily evolving.

I'll look into using attributes, though. It sounds extremely flexible, even if the supporting code has to be more complex. Thanks!

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