<html><head></head><body>BWAHAHAHA!!! <br><br>crash....<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On October 7, 2020 3:17:31 PM EDT, DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">But, but, but I can connect to the 5TB production Informix DB<br>with Excel using an ODBC driver. That's completely awesome!<br><br>What? You mean when I do that, production transaction rates drop<br>80%? No way! I don't believe you.<br><br>/s<br><br><br>On 10/7/20 2:33 PM, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">I've been fighting the "a spreadsheet is not a database, and Access<br>is not much better" war for about 25 years.<br><br></blockquote><br>From: Ale<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><ale-bounces@ale.org> on behalf of Pete Hardie via Ale <ale@ale.org> <br>Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 1:26 PM To: Jim Kinney; Atlanta<br>Linux Enthusiasts Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ale] In case you missed<br>it<br><br>Once again, I repeat my frequent assertion that a spreadsheet is not<br>a database, and your admin assistant probably does not have a<br>CS/Programming degree<br><br>On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 2:19 PM Jim Kinney via Ale<br><ale@ale.org<mailto:ale@ale.org>> wrote: Excel blew up in the faces<br>of UK healthcare.<br><br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/05/excel_england_coronavirus_contact_error/">https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/05/excel_england_coronavirus_contact_error/</a><br></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>