Isn't this what "MS Access" is for? If I recall correctly, Excel should have built in ODBC-fu for letting spreadsheet users directly manipulate the contents of a database.
I'm not sure how portable the spreadsheet is after that, but if it's already at 50 megs, chances are they're not exactly sending it to people as an outook attachment anyway. -s (PS, I haven't made a spreadsheet since 1998 so I have no idea what I'm talking about) On 28 Mar 2008 11:53:41 -0400, Daniel Hagerty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Edward Ned Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hey, I'm looking for a rare breed of human being. The problem is simple to > > describe - I know a location where they have a very important huge > > spreadsheet. Something like 50 megs, and when they open it up, it might > > take 45 minutes to open. > > I'm also no excel expert, but the scale of data you're talking > about is well into "wrong tool for the job" territory. Databases are > actually designed to do this; excel isn't. > > > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
