I strongly advise you to use an off-the-shelf solution. In fact, if you can afford it you should go with a CRM vendor. They will have all kinds of features, such as address duplication detection, that you will need.
An open-source system would only be a good alternative if it is easily extensible and has ongoing community support. I maintain a home-brew CRM system, and it is a never-ending source of grief. Our sales and marketing people are always asking for very reasonable extensions that are increasingly hard to shoe-horn in. Regards, Jerry Schwartz The Infoshop by Global Information Incorporated 195 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 www.the-infoshop.com www.giiexpress.com www.etudes-marche.com >-----Original Message----- >From: robert rottermann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:53 AM >To: Jason Pruim >Cc: mysql >Subject: Re: looking for "ready made" address management > >Jason Pruim schrieb: >> >> On Aug 12, 2008, at 2:30 AM, robert rottermann wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> I am about to create tools to maintain addresses (companies, persons, >>> groups) >>> As this is probably done allredy a million times over I would like to >>> ask if somebody could point me from where I migth download the >>> database structure for such a feat or whether someone of you could >>> provide me one. >>> >>> this would not only spare me some time and errors designing it but I >>> migth lern some tricks of the trade. >> >> >> Hi Robert, >> >> It sounds like you are looking for a CRM... There are lots of options >> out there (I'm assuming open source since I don't have time to check) >> google is your friend! :) >> >thanks jason, >the problem is, that I get so many options (i tired source forge with >~8000 >propositions) that I would be happy to get some guidance .. > >robert > >-- >MySQL General Mailing List >For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >infoshop.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
