You can access / modify the DB one record at a time vs. all or nothing
with a spreadsheet.
You can create much more useful / easy queries with the DB than with a
spreadsheet.
Because if they really are that stupid you won't still be working
there to help them out, having fled to a better, more sane
workplace? ;^)
Hope this helps, and that reason three is an option for you.
On Feb 6, 2008, at 3:13 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
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?
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