WashedOver to Lemmy [email protected] • 6 months agoit always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core...imagemessage-square201arrow-up11.08Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1imageit always interesting when multi billion dollar company's costing system is a 63 tab excel 97 spreadsheet at it's core...WashedOver to Lemmy [email protected] • 6 months agomessage-square201
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink21•edit-26 months agoIt is according to UK’s National Health Service: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988 I love this part: “To handle the problem, PHE is now breaking down the test result data into smaller batches to create a larger number of Excel templates. That should ensure none hit their cap.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months agoThere is an ODBC driver for Excel. Not to put data into Excel – To get it back out, treating it as if it were a database. This is exactly as bad an idea as it sounds.
It is according to UK’s National Health Service: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54423988
I love this part: “To handle the problem, PHE is now breaking down the test result data into smaller batches to create a larger number of Excel templates. That should ensure none hit their cap.”
There is an ODBC driver for Excel. Not to put data into Excel – To get it back out, treating it as if it were a database.
This is exactly as bad an idea as it sounds.