[mso] Re: Database or Spreadsheet
- From: "Ray Blake" <ray@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 20:12:11 +0100
I suppose there's no right answer to this. Personally, I use Excel
whenever I can and only go to Access for one of two reasons:
(a) I need a relational database (I always do flat file work in Excel!);
or
(b) I need an application to be 'bulletproof' to allow a wide range of
users to use it without being able to break anything!
For me, filters and views in Access are infinitely easier to set up and
far more flexible than Access reports and queries. BUT (and it's a big
BUT) you need a user who knows what she or he is doing to make it sing
and dance.
I'm aware this bit can only be a personal view, but if I could only keep
one piece of software installed on my PC it would be Excel. I know I can
simulate relational structures in it if I have to and I can even get it
to do a pretty good job as a word processor. It's the all round most
useful piece of software I own.
Having said all of that, I actually earn more money from Access, so bear
it absolutely no grudge at all.
Ray
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Ray Blake
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ray@xxxxxxxxx
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