Comments on: “I Don’t Even Know What a Database Is” http://jakeo.org/blog/2009/07/21/i-dont-even-know-what-a-database-is/ brain_get_contents(jake_olsen); Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jon B http://jakeo.org/blog/2009/07/21/i-dont-even-know-what-a-database-is/comment-page-1/#comment-110065 Jon B Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:38:06 +0000 http://jakeo.org/blog/?p=250#comment-110065 While I can't concur with Matt completely (some engineers don't interact with the database), I hear what he's saying. At the core of all applications lies the data. Ignoring it's structure is fine until a few thousand (or million) of people want to access and update it concurrently. And as far as Excel is concerned, I have to disagree. A spreadsheet is the fundamental building block of a database. A table with column and rows. If you can get your head around that, you can get your head round a database. Maybe :-) While I can’t concur with Matt completely (some engineers don’t interact with the database), I hear what he’s saying. At the core of all applications lies the data. Ignoring it’s structure is fine until a few thousand (or million) of people want to access and update it concurrently.

And as far as Excel is concerned, I have to disagree. A spreadsheet is the fundamental building block of a database. A table with column and rows. If you can get your head around that, you can get your head round a database. Maybe :-)

]]> By: Heatboy http://jakeo.org/blog/2009/07/21/i-dont-even-know-what-a-database-is/comment-page-1/#comment-109155 Heatboy Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:37:30 +0000 http://jakeo.org/blog/?p=250#comment-109155 DR. SBAITSO BUILT MY DATABASE DR. SBAITSO BUILT MY DATABASE

]]> By: jakeo http://jakeo.org/blog/2009/07/21/i-dont-even-know-what-a-database-is/comment-page-1/#comment-109154 jakeo Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:10:15 +0000 http://jakeo.org/blog/?p=250#comment-109154 Maybe more appalling is that there is a book for using Excel as Your Database. MSPAINT.EXE As Your Database Maybe more appalling is that there is a book for using Excel as Your Database.

MSPAINT.EXE As Your Database

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