Great format, Jon. I'll be using it.
Chuck
>
>
> There has been some talk on the list lately regarding a VIN
> registry. Some people have been more vocal than others... ;-)
> I just sat down and worked for about 13 hours straight on this
> thing, and I think its just about ready for prime time.
>
> I was hoping I could get those of you interested in this
> registry to take a look at it and see if it will suffice. It
> is similar to many of the other "databases" on the DML Home Page
> in that when you add your info, it gets e-mailed to me, and I'll
> insert it and run a script to rebuild the HTML files.
>
> Although you have the option of sending in your VIN, if you
> do, I will only use it to decode and extract the year, line, body
> style, engine, plant, and build sequence. If you don't want to input
> your VIN, you don't have to; you can just input the 6 items I
> mentioned above yourself. No VINs are stored in the database at
> all, not even hidden ones. This should provide us with a useful
> resource while also eliminating the risk of some non-DMLer stealing
> VINs.
>
> The registry is currently active, but I'd like to make sure
> it will be OK before accepting and inputting valid data.
> (There's no link to it from the DML Home Page yet.)
>
> Currently, the registry is filled with a bunch of garbage
> data that doesn't make much sense; I was just using it to
> have something in there while I was designing and creating it.
> However, it should give you an idea of what it will be like.
>
> Anyway, lemme know what you think, I'm going to go get some
> dinner and hit the hay! :-)
>
> The URL for the registry is:
>
> http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/www/dakota/vinregistry
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