Database For Personal Finance

JamesJ · External Since: Oct 28, 2009 Posts: 2

I'm sort of dissatisfied with the current personal financial software that's
out with all the unnecessary bells and whistles.

I also don't want to purchase a full-blown spreadsheet program.

Is it feasible to create database in access 2007 that can be based on
a personal finances?

Thanks,
James

John W. Vinson · External Since: Jan 29, 2004 Posts: 2505

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:19:59 -0400, "JamesJ" <jjy RemoveThis @darwin_roadrunne0r.com>
wrote:

>Is it feasible to create database in access 2007 that can be based on
>a personal finances?

Yes.

Practical? Probably not, unless you're already very adept with both Access and
with accounting. It's a VERY complex mess, when you get deeply enough into it
to have a really capable program. I'm good at Access but if I want personal
finance software I'll use Microsoft Money (or one of its competitors). They've
put person-decades of effort into it, and even if I only use a few of the
bells and whistles, it's far cheaper (in my time and effort) than rolling my
own.

Of course, it depends on what you will settle for - if you just want a
personal check record with check number, amount, date and payee, and to
calculate current balance, you could set up an Excel spreadsheet to do so.
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JamesJ · External Since: Oct 28, 2009 Posts: 2

That's what I figured.

Thanks much for the info,
James

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> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:19:59 -0400, "JamesJ" <jjy DeleteThis @darwin_roadrunne0r.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Is it feasible to create database in access 2007 that can be based on
>>a personal finances?
>
> Yes.
>
> Practical? Probably not, unless you're already very adept with both Access
> and
> with accounting. It's a VERY complex mess, when you get deeply enough into
> it
> to have a really capable program. I'm good at Access but if I want
> personal
> finance software I'll use Microsoft Money (or one of its competitors).
> They've
> put person-decades of effort into it, and even if I only use a few of the
> bells and whistles, it's far cheaper (in my time and effort) than rolling
> my
> own.
>
> Of course, it depends on what you will settle for - if you just want a
> personal check record with check number, amount, date and payee, and to
> calculate current balance, you could set up an Excel spreadsheet to do so.
> --
>
> John W. Vinson [MVP]