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  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/24/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/24/2014)


    Here is an example of why it matters:

    Did Harvard Economists Make an Excel Error that Led to Economic Austerity?

    http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/did-harvard-economists-excel-error-lead-economic-austerity-185852805.html

    Here's a few reasons why I'm...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    Greg Edwards-268690 (1/24/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/24/2014)


    There are other 3rd parties like Google and OpenOffice who are developing front end applications for managing Excel spreadsheets. I'd hate for Microsoft to get...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    Gary Varga (1/24/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/24/2014)


    Excel can be a cog in a large organization's data processing lifecycle, somthing that exists peripheral to the RDMS, but that's not always the case.

    There...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    Excel can be a cog in a large organization's data processing lifecycle, somthing that exists peripheral to the RDMS, but that's not always the case.

    There are a lot of small...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    As it stands today, if a user imports data from SQL Server or another relational database into an Excel spreadsheet, they can mangle the data contained in the sheet (often...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/22/2014)


    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/22/2014)


    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)


    One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/22/2014)


    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)


    One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That,...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 (1/22/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)


    One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That, and also column level NOT...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    Jim P. (1/21/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)


    One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That, and also column level NOT...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    Jim P. (1/21/2014)


    Eric M Russell (1/21/2014)


    One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That, and also column level NOT...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    One feature that would be very useful in Excel is the option to create strongly typed columns or regions. That, and also column level NOT EMPTY, DEFAULT, CHECK constraints. FOREIGN...

  • RE: Uncontrolled Code

    I learned the hard way that, sometimes the accounting department will hide or strikethrough records when they really intend for them to be deleted. To a non-technical user, it seems...

  • RE: Picking Your Packaging

    Back in the 90's, I developed a data warehouse (my first) that partitioned data by state into seperate tables and by period year into seperate databases. For maintenance operations, I...

  • RE: Picking Your Packaging

    ..Imagine that you’re contemplating a project that will involve running multiple SQL statements and maybe some PowerShell against a list of instances, and then storing the results for later analysis....

  • RE: Double Checks

    Every ETL process needs a dashboard application and email alert process. For example, for one my larger data warehouse projects, the dashboard has one screen that lists a complete history...

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