Status of DatabaseAnswers.org ???

[strive4peace]

Yes it was Mike Alexander. But Datapig just dropped off the radar. I could never find it on wayback either.
It was a great site, great tutorials.

sure it is, Jack ~ you're just not looking in the right place It's datapigtechnologies.com

Here's an archive from June 3, 2017 -- not sure what the latest was, so I went back a bit ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20170603004641/http://datapigtechnologies.com/

 

[jdraw]

Crystal,
You are right --after a little searching and reviewing - I found this link to the old DataPig Access tutorials.

DataPig Technologies Access Videos

Update: Although the site is there and links to tutorials are there -- the videos themselves (Macromedia flash are not available). Too bad!!

 

[strive4peace]

@jdraw too bad he didn't put them on YouTube ... they'd still be there

 

[oleronesoftwares]

too bad he didn't put them on YouTube ... they'd still be there

It can still be done. Does anyone have his contact e.g(e-mail address)?

 

[jdraw]

I agree it would be nice to have them accessible. I am not an Excel person, and do not know Mike Alexander. I have used, studied and recommended the Access tutorials from DataPigTechnologies in the past.

The latest info (~2016) I found is
Michael Alexander is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer and author of several books on Microsoft Access and Excel. He runs a free tutorial site at datapigtechnologies.com.

If someone knows him, he may be amenable to having those videos converted as oleronesoftwares says.

 

[AccessBlaster]

This thread reminds me of the guy who ran Datapig Technologies. His approach to Access was simple and easy to follow. The only thing I see now is Excel related articles, the Access stuff just seemed to vanish.

Edit: I had not notice Jdraw already posted DataPigTechnologies, hadn't had my coffee yet!

 

[strive4peace]

I was thinking the same thing ... I can PM Mike and ask if he'll post his videos on YouTube or share them with me so I can do that. Not today though, it's Mother's Day!

 

[strive4peace]

Maybe Mike will convert them, maybe YouTube can, or if he'll share them with me, then I can probably convert them too

 

[jdraw]

@crystal,
It's definitely worth a try. oleronesoftwares said it could be done, I don't now if that was meant to say "and I am a volunteer for same".

 

[strive4peace]

@jdraw I contacted Mike and he's going to share his videos He also said that Access was his first love

 

[jdraw]

Crystal,
That's great news! I'm sure those videos will help many.

 

[GPGeorge]

We're all getting old and some of the great contributors from the past are retired and don't have the means or inclination to maintain their libraries of articles, videos, and samples. Does anyone have any ideas on a way to keep this old stuff accessible as much as possible? Maybe a group of people could agree to take on websites that retirees can no longer maintain. I know Arvin does a lot of this but Arvin is getting up there also. Does he have a succession plan?

I've converted most of my old databases to .accdb format but I still have a few that are probably 2.0 and I don't have any version of Access old enough to convert them.

Juan Soto has taken on some sites, like Bob Larson's BTab. I like the idea of a more permanent, ahem, museum and would be happy to help somehow.

 

[strive4peace]

Juan puts his ads on all the pages too -- not saying it's still not a consideration, but definitely something to think about. Arvin does NOT do that, but he too is getting up there.

 

[jdraw]

On this AWF site there are some video tutorials, and there is a request to identify other tutorials, so Jon may have some thoughts.

 

[strive4peace]

DATAPIG! Mike Alexander graciously shared his Access video tutorials and several have been posted on YouTube, so far. Here is a playlist for videos about Access Queries from DataPig:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLis0tV85b5t4eWAaKDBR9l2XQY23FqvG4

There are 16 videos on this list ... do you know all these tips? Please add your comments. Thanks for getting this ball rolling, Jack @jdraw ..and thanks also to John @NauticalGent

 

[AccessBlaster]

Awesome!

I really miss his voice and his explanations are so easy to follow. I hope you get a ton of views.

 

[strive4peace]

thanks, @AccessBlaster

good to learn/make sure you know the basics

 

[jdraw]

For anyone stumbling upon, or actively seeking information related to, DataPig Technologies tutorial videos please read on. In the late 90's and early 2000's DataPig was a very helpful and often referenced site with many examples and tips for Access and its use. Sadly, those videos and the site were removed around 2015. As part of this thread, Crystal/strive4peace investigated and found that DataPig creator, Mike Alexander, had the videos and offered them for installation on her site. The videos have been resurrected from the original format and are now available at Crystal's site.

I hope you enjoy and learn from these videos as many of us have. Here are the links to the DataPig videos:

DataPig Queries

DataPig Form Basics

 

[s1guy]

I've noticed in the last few days that Barry Williams' site DatabaseAnswers.org is no longer available.
It has been a long standing reference site for sample Data Models and related info.
Does anyone have knowledge of status and/or future of this resource?

FYI. I just purchased the domain a few days back and I'm working hard to revive it. It's a lot of work with other 1800 data models he created for everything under the sun, but I'm working on it. I'm trying to make sure all of the pages are optimized for search with content, so a slow process. I'm not sure what happened to Barry, but I loved the website and bought it from someone else that wasn't Barry.

 

[isladogs]

@s1guy
Sounds good! Thanks for taking this on. Are you able to give an approximate timescale for getting this back online?
Would you care to give us your name so we can mention this to others who ask about the site.