Re: FN-FORUM: Access V Excel

date posted 28th June 2007 18:08



David Nye wrote:
>
>> Does any have a preference for Access over Excel and main reasons why?
>
> I personally have never seen an efficient complex bullet-proof app.
> developed using Excel. The effort required to make any moderately
> complex Excel app. even remotely robust and user friendly is such that
> only the insane should attempt it. IMHO.
I'm not sure that even the insane *should* attempt it.

It's just that they're insane so they don't care what they should be
doing, they just do stuff anyways.

Excel is a great spreadsheet. Unfortunately a lot of people don't
realise it's not a great database or workflow application platform...

-ben