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Date:	Tue, 22 May 2001 22:36:50 PDT
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-sundialsig@scoug.com
To:	scoug-sundialsig@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-SundialSIG: What, if anything, happened?

In <0GDR00L32KW0T3@mta7.pltn13.pbi.net>, on 05/22/01
at 06:57 PM, "Lynn H. Maxson" said:

>Having had to leave before the SIG period on Saturday, I have no clue as
>to what did or did not transpire. I don't want to drop the ball on the

The SIG's were cancelled because Kim just kept on talking. :-) We ran
well past the normal end of meeting time.

>On the other hand with respect to the sort issues and the use of
>absolute addressing along with column insert to maintain history I
>wonder if we are not once more using a spreadsheet instead of a database
>manager? The idea that that data has to be pre-organized to support a
>query instead of getting results on demand leads me to consider
>mirroring this project with DBExpert as well.

FWIW, I store my investment history in a database and pull what I need for
analysis. I do this as much for data integrity than anything else. While
spreadsheets are not the most efficient storage method for transaction
data, they have the advantage that the data is highly visible. I suspect
this is what makes them appealing to most folks. A spreadsheet
implementation is also a lot closer to how it would be done on paper which
probably makes it easier for them to get results.

Also, a database implementation does not get rid of the sorting. It just
hides it under the covers. Things like Peter's issues with stable sort
don't go away. They have to be handled in the DB design.

Steven

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