Am 12.09.2012 08:00, JAMES MAJESKI wrote:
My research has convinced me that I do not have neither the time nor the resources to set up and maintain a database. I might consider it if all of the data were received in the same layout, but the layout is as varied as are the sources. Since I am the only one that is using the data, a spreadsheet serves me best as I am able to freely add, delete, and modify the layout, format, calculations, etc. Something a for which a database has never been designed.
Well, then you don't heve the time nor the resources to set up and maintain a database in spreadsheets. The latter scenario is the nightmare that never stops. A CSV file is an excerpt from a database and you can use any tool where your are free to modify layout, format, calculations etc. But then you save back a modified layout and format with additional calculations.
A database program lets you freely handle all data in any shape while maintaining the underlying data structures automatically for you.
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