Access to the Carolina Vegetation Survey Database

• The CVS database resides at zizania.bio.unc.edu/D:/CVS. All users and powerusers of Zizania have read access. Only administrators have write permission.
  
  
• Files in this archive have version numbers here denoted by xxx. When a new version is installed, the old version is added to the CVS_Backups file.
  
  
• The primary database file is CVS_xxx.mdb. This is an MS-Access database with the primary CVS data. You may copy this to other machines within the unc.edu domain, but we respectfully request that this database file NEVER be copied to a machine outside the domain without prior permission from RKP and that all information within the file be considered confidential and restricted to the group unless permission is otherwise granted.
  
  
• To use the CVS database, make a copy on your machine, and then also copy the view file = CVS_Viewer_xxx.mdb. You may need to link the files, but a utility is provided for this purpose. By using this approach, you will ever modify your copy of the underlying database, but only your viewer file. It is permissable to link to the master databse on Zizania through your personal viewer. but this may provide somewaht slower performance.
  
  
• For dataentry you should copy the DataEntryNCVS_xxx.mdb file and use it on your desktop.
  
  
• For a list of current CVS projects, look at CVS_Projects.xls.
  
  
• Documentation on use of the database can be found in the CVS_Documentation folder.
  
  
• Blank copies of the database for your own use can be found in the CVS_Blank folder.
  
  
• Pending corrections and additions to the database are stored in the folder CVS_Changes_pending.
  
  
• Carolina Vegetation Survey field protocol information and supporting programs are stored in the folder CVS_Protocol.