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Date:	Wed, 30 May 2001 08:31:59 PDT
From:	John Hlavac <jhlavac@flash.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-sundialsig@scoug.com
To:	scoug-sundialsig@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-SundialSIG: What, if anything, happened?

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Interesting. Have you had problems with Mesa/2's data integrity?

Peter stores his data in ASCII files if I remember correctly. Steven
stores his in a database. I am currently storing mine in a word
processor files. DeScribe to be specific.
I do it because I was most comfortable with DeScribe when I started
saving this stuff. Eventually I plan to do it all in Mesa/2.

Any other data storage strategies out there?

Is there a problem storing financial data in spreadsheet form?
Especially the kind of data we're working on here, summary stuff.

Steven Levine wrote:
> 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.

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