I will send you a link when I finish. Dan
-------- Original message -------- From: Lucetta <[email protected]> Date:12/23/2015 11:01 AM (GMT-05:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Spreadsheets Hi good idea. Where would I find your writing when it is completed? I'm looking for just such a manual. Kind regards Lucetta > On Dec 23, 2015, at 10:13 AM, Dan Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > You have given me the information that I was looking for. Thanks! > I am writing a chapter, Planning/Designing your Database, for LibreOffice. > Since many people use spreadsheets and shy away from databases, I wanted > something to compare the two. The general conception seems to be creating > databases is difficult, and creating spreadsheets is easier. I wanted to show > that the basic principles for creating a database are not very different from > creating a spreadsheet. > >> On 12/23/2015 01:08 AM, Martin Groenescheij wrote: >> >> >>> On 23-Dec-15 03:36, elderdanlewis wrote: >>> Is there an equivalent in spreadsheets to relational databases? >> >> You can use lookup values from other tabs in that sense you could compare >> both, but the functionality in a spreadsheet is very limited in comparison >> with a relational database. >> >>> Or, are they all similar to flat databases? >> >> No because in a spreadsheet you can have multiple sets of data. >> A flat database is limited to one set of data. >> >>> I am looking for similarities and differences between databases and >>> spreadsheets. >> >> This is an open ended question, could you be more specific on what you try >> to achieve? >> >>> >>> Dan >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
