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by polymatter 4633 days ago
I always understood it to be a feature of Excel that it couldn't cope with larger datasets.

It means you are forced to consider buying an expense Enterprise SQL license once you are using it in earnest. If it wasn't for Excel chocking on 5million rows I'm convinced most businesses wouldn't bother with databases at all.
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umanwizard 4633 days ago
Well sure, if Excel did X then business wouldn't need another program to do X, and this is true for any value of X.

Your comment is a bit like saying "Most businesses wouldn't bother having a cafeteria if only Excel could cook meals."

Excel was never designed to replace a database and the fact that it can't isn't some evil plot by MS.

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GoodIntentions 4632 days ago
>> "Most businesses wouldn't bother having a cafeteria if only Excel could cook meals."

This part is tongue in cheek, but true. There are businesses out there, where excel is used for everything, including many things it should never be used for. Seriously powerful app. Seriously (ab)used.

I don't hate Excel, but I hate the "craplications" hare-brained power users create.

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