profile fields

hi all,

thanks a lot for drupal and all your efforts! since quite some time I
play around wit drupal and use it as it comes. thanks to the easy
handling of drupal!

this was sufficient up to now. however, for a upcoming project I have
the feel that my average drupal knowledge is not sufficient and i
have also to work with the profiles the first time.

i would like to establish a database for organisations (6000+) were
they enter themselves. i guess, this can easily done with the
profiles. however, I have the feeling that it is quite limited when I