I think it's a given that converting to Excel format will flatten the heck out of this db. In a way that might require custom coding to recover from.
But maybe they just want to use Excel for output/conversion to web format? Nothing wrong with that, as long as the db is intact. Access should be able to handle that db, and will be easier to convert to open source in the future. I think before I let them flatten it I'd consider online solutions too. Does Google offer a real database app now? On Feb 7, 2008 12:06 PM, Constance Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. They > don't think that ANY database--or Excel, either--is needed to keep track > of all the thousands of other documents. (Yeah, I know it's weird. But > it's a good weird; it makes me try harder to find another job, which is > not an easy task in this economy.) ************************************************************************ * ==> 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 ************************************************************************
