How to make a link to the external database

A good way to keep track of the photos in Lightroom that I submit for sales, etc. contest, I can't understand. I could make comments in the field of metadata of legend, but that would ruin my field of legend and is not so flexible. I could color code, but it is very limited. It seems that the ideal way would be to create an external database with something like Microsoft Access. By using the file name as the primary field, I would like a link it to additional fields, date introduced, if they are sent to, type (contest, sale of stock, gifts, etc.), price obtained, published date, etc.. Then I could see the history of a given image, run queries for all images shown at a particular location where the amount is > $0, etc..

As it is a hobby and the numbers are small, I could just enter all the data by hand, but if I still love a lot of commercial success, it would be nice if the database built into Lightroom. Ideally executed queries not only show the name of the file, but also show pictures, perhaps in the form of Collection in Lightroom. It seems that there must be professionals who follow this information. There may be a third-party program that does this. I would like suggestions.

Dan

How are you confident with programming or scripting? You'll maybe take a look at the software development kit that allows you to create custom fields. These are accessible through the filter of the library and smart collections. I have to say that both of us have written plugins for custom field definable by the user, but there are some technical limitations which made us hesitate to release them. But if you can write your own and then he support yourself, then you will be OK.

But the alternative of access is also viable. Database LR is SQLLite3 and there is a free ODBC driver for it. For example, you can link to tables of R. You must be OK with queries and happy digging around the tables (they are not publicly documented and notes logically-presentation of databases as much as I have met.

John

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