it always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core...
it always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core...
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what do you mean, Excel isn't a Database?
31 0 ReplyIt is according to UK's National Health Service: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988
I love this part: "To handle the problem, PHE is now breaking down the test result data into smaller batches to create a larger number of Excel templates. That should ensure none hit their cap."
21 0 ReplyThere is an ODBC driver for Excel. Not to put data into Excel -- To get it back out, treating it as if it were a database.
This is exactly as bad an idea as it sounds.
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