Comments on: Forget SQL Server, Excel is the Answer http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/ Adventures in SQL Tuning - a blog for the rest of us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:28:07 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Software http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-6874 Software Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:12:05 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=715#comment-6874 Both have their own importance and benefit so we are not able to compare them. Both have their own importance and benefit so we are not able to compare them.

]]> By: Bruce W Cassidy http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-2166 Bruce W Cassidy Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:06:12 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=715#comment-2166 You missed one of the major reasons of why to use Excel over SQL Server: it is much easier to do your word processing in Excel! I recently discovered the term "spreadmart". :D You missed one of the major reasons of why to use Excel over SQL Server: it is much easier to do your word processing in Excel!

I recently discovered the term “spreadmart”. :D

]]> By: Mary Dell http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-2165 Mary Dell Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:11:57 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=715#comment-2165 LOVED this post. At a previous gig we called Excel the customer's "database of choice." Re-designing their trouble ticketing systems, I would ask, "Okay, so that information must be stored somewhere. Where would I find that?" The answer would come back, "Well, that's in a spreadsheet that Bob over there updates and puts out on the shared drive." Ack!!! LOVED this post. At a previous gig we called Excel the customer’s “database of choice.” Re-designing their trouble ticketing systems, I would ask, “Okay, so that information must be stored somewhere. Where would I find that?” The answer would come back, “Well, that’s in a spreadsheet that Bob over there updates and puts out on the shared drive.” Ack!!!

]]> By: Charles Flock http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 Charles Flock Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:26:43 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=715#comment-2023 I loved your parody. it really made me laugh. And it reminds me of all the times I have heard web designers say "just think of a database as a giant spreadsheet." At wesclintech, we are huge fans of SQL Server, but it has always bothered us that there are hundreds of useful functions in EXCEL which are not available in SQL Server, forcing data to be exported to EXCEL to make use of those functions. That's why we have ported every function in EXCEL to SQL Server. You can get these functions at www.westclintech.com I loved your parody. it really made me laugh. And it reminds me of all the times I have heard web designers say “just think of a database as a giant spreadsheet.”

At wesclintech, we are huge fans of SQL Server, but it has always bothered us that there are hundreds of useful functions in EXCEL which are not available in SQL Server, forcing data to be exported to EXCEL to make use of those functions. That’s why we have ported every function in EXCEL to SQL Server. You can get these functions at http://www.westclintech.com

]]> By: Pradeeo http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 Pradeeo Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:42:53 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=715#comment-1995 Hey and I can also have great looking charts with excel ! This post will surely have a few people thinking in the wrong direction ! Hey and I can also have great looking charts with excel ! This post will surely have a few people thinking in the wrong direction !

]]> By: Michelle Ufford http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-1956 Michelle Ufford Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:50:09 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=715#comment-1956 Nah, I definitely love my husband more than my iPhone or any other material possessions... I was just being silly. :) Nah, I definitely love my husband more than my iPhone or any other material possessions… I was just being silly. :)

]]> By: Adam Machanic http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-1936 Adam Machanic Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:40:00 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=715#comment-1936 Um, you love your iPhone as much as you love your husband? Um, you love your iPhone as much as you love your husband?

]]> By: Ward Pond's SQL Server blog http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Ward Pond's SQL Server blog Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:04:43 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=715#comment-1925 <strong>Why I Didn’t Write an April Fool’s Post...</strong> I meant to.  I really did. But I got sick last week , and my energy level has been slow enough to... Why I Didn’t Write an April Fool’s Post…

I meant to.  I really did. But I got sick last week , and my energy level has been slow enough to…

]]> By: access recovery http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-1916 access recovery Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:29:54 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=715#comment-1916 If you have corruption in your SQL database then you can try <a href="http://www.mssqldatabaserecovery.com/" rel="nofollow">SQL recovery</a> software to repair it. If you have corruption in your SQL database then you can try SQL recovery software to repair it.

]]> By: Jack D Corbett http://sqlfool.com/2009/04/forget-sql-server-excel-is-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-1911 Jack D Corbett Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:54:07 +0000 http://sqlfool.com/?p=715#comment-1911 Nice one. Shoot a million rows and 16000 columns I can store everything there. Nice one. Shoot a million rows and 16000 columns I can store everything there.

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