[AccessD] [dba-OT] Why You Shouldn't Use Spreadsheets ForImportant Work

Well you CAN lock down spreadsheets. Just nobody hardly ever does.

I'm not advocating the use of spreadsheets though. Just saying that just as
there are good ones and bad ones there are also good and bad programs out
there.

GK




On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Jim Dettman <jimdettman at verizon.net> wrote:

>
>  Because their changed to easily, do not have the under pinning's of a
> coded
> language, etc.
>
>  In short, great for ad-hoc work, but that's the very reason auditors don't
> like them<g>.
>
>  I've already been involved in IT audit where I was asked to provide source
> and compiled libs and had to prove that every change in source was
> requested
> with a ticket, by whom, who authorized it, and why it was done.
>
>   Try doing that with a spreadsheet.
>
> Jim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 10:14 PM
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> Cc: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] [dba-OT] Why You Shouldn't Use Spreadsheets
> ForImportant Work
>
> And so WHY exactly shouldn't we trust them?  I never got that. Because shit
> is in there that could be fucked up?  Just like ANY freaking program.  What
> a crock.
>
> There are ways of testing spreadsheets. No doubt spreadsheets get misused.
> But to say all spreadsheets are evil is not right at all either.
>
> Here's a one word tip.  Crossfoot.
>
> GK
>
>

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Gary Kjos
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