Trials and tribulations of Covid-19 Data Reporting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54423988
I love my country - but sometimes its computer-programming skills leave a lot to be desired!
I love my country - but sometimes its computer-programming skills leave a lot to be desired!
To be fair, it sounds like something some PHB, not a programmer, thought up. I mean, have you ever seen a programmer use a spreadsheet to handle more than a few hundred rows of data?
| but sometimes its computer-programming skills leave a lot to be desired! |
Only sometimes?
Ability to use Word and Excel has been plastered on resumes and selection criteria for decades under the heading of "Complex Computer Skills'.
Everybody is a modeller! Models are everything!
The only surprise is the Excel database designer got up to ~65k lines before making a new template. 10 or 20 lines of their skills at work is usually enough to plumb the depths of the ubiquitous office guru-know-all-dominator.
Ive dumped tens of thousands of lines to excel many a time. It can be a little slow with a large data sets, but with the supercomputer desktop era we live in now, its not so bad.
It has limits, of course. Trying to use it as a database replacement is a giant mess.
It has limits, of course. Trying to use it as a database replacement is a giant mess.
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They used .xls files?? Sheesh!!
Everyone knows you should use .dbf files for databases.... :)
Everyone knows you should use .dbf files for databases.... :)
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