For nine years, I've been working with two FileMaker Pro databases that keep track of several thousand documents (including titles, descriptions, categories, authors, etc.). They've been virtually crash-proof and easy to modify. There are nearly 5,000 records (on separate pages) in these databases.
Now, several people at work-one of whom is my boss-want to replace all this with an excel spreadsheet. One co-worker is especially vehement about this: he isn't really my boss, but he's powerful in the organization, and he's the type of person who's always right. I protested that an excel spreadsheet this size would not be stable (even if half the records were weeded out as being no longer necessary). Would an excel spreadsheet this size be stable or usable? Has anyone else had experience with databases of this size? And does anyone else have any talking points on why it's a bad idea to replace a perfectly reliable, crash-proof database with an Excel spreadsheet? --Constance Warner ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
