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[settheline]

New poster here and quite inexperienced with programming. I'm a quick learner though and would love some input on this project.

Okay here it is:
I want to create a database of UPC/EAN barcodes. I know there are people out there doing this, but I want to do it for a specific subset of products. This database doesn't necessarily need to be accessible by anyone other than me at first.

1. What we would you recommend for the first step in creating this database?
2. How much programming will this effectively take?
3. Anybody know of any good resources for this sort of project?

Thanks in advance!

-settheline

[WingedPanther]

You could do this with almost any database type. From a programming perspective, this shouldn't take much. Just a table with two fields: UPC and Product_Name.

[settheline]

Thanks for your input WingedPanther. My next question is, can I compile said UPC/EAN codes without entering them by hand? I don't know quite how to convey my desire here, but basically I want to harvest UPC/EAN codes (and their respective products) and compile them into a database. Thoughts? Thanks again!

[WingedPanther]

If you have a list of them somewhere, building an insert script should be pretty easy.