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# Haha!
Once enough people believe that Excel is a database, then it will be...
Technically, it can be used as a database, I suppose.
(, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 13:09, archived)
# i'm moving a company's records from excel to access at the mo.
they didn't even know you could have multiple sheets in one file, i now have to link 42 spreadsheets into one access database.
(, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 13:11, archived)
# Multiple sheets in one file?!
I hate having to explain that to people...
(, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 13:15, archived)
# Reminds me of a few
of my clients.

"But it is relational, you see, all the data is related to each other".

I think I broke down weeping.
(, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 13:16, archived)
# Not only related
but specifically offset as well.
(, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 13:27, archived)
# but the fact remains that it is not a DBMS
(, Wed 3 Mar 2004, 13:12, archived)