>One database has 18 fields, the other 24; the fields are of different >types, and all the fields are fully searchable, both singly and in >combination with other fields. There are multiple layouts... > >My co-workers think that an Excel spreadsheet--with four fields--is just >fine to keep track of the documents that will be posted online.
Very interesting. If that is what they think they need then there is really no arguing with them. They get a list with four fields. That will work fine in Excel. As to the rest of the information, you will be throwing it away and they will have no way to manage those aspects of the documents. If they have made a mistake about this there will probably be no easy way to go back. It will just be too expensive to reconstruct what they have discarded. Or maybe you have been working too hard. Give them their four fields and spend the rest of the day surfing boingboing.net ************************************************************************ * ==> 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 ************************************************************************
