Flexibility and ease of use have made the spreadsheet the popular but unfortunate choice for makeshift databases; we can do better For a long stretch of early personal computing history, three ...

I was just thinking about this: fundamentally, what is the difference between a spreadsheet file with many sheets (technically, isn't it a relational database?) and an SQL DB?<BR><BR>There has to be ...

Data. Your business can't run without it. As a small-business owner, you need to track everything – from your inventory levels to the personal information of employees. Many entrepreneurs start off ...

New software could make databases much easier for laypeople to work with. The program's home screen looks like a spreadsheet, but it lets users build their own database queries and reports by ...

When is a database not a database? When it is a spreadsheet. What do spreadsheets have to do with databases do you ask? Spreadsheets are actually very rudimentary databases and, while not advisable, ...

Recent how-to resources from Microsoft-focused publishers and database experts outline clear methods for importing Excel data into Access. They explain not only the technical steps but also the ...