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Because it takes 6 months to get approval to have a new database created, two weeks to actually get access to it after it is created, and then every single data
by mr_toad 8y ago
Because it takes 6 months to get approval to have a new database created, two weeks to actually get access to it after it is created, and then every single database query has to go through code review and change control. Oh, and everything must be a stored procedure, no exceptions.
- lostlogin 8y agoAnd it’ll be billed out at some ridiculous fee because there are 9 layers of ticket clickers, each of which filter any request made such that the actually contractor gets told a story very different from what was intended. Academia is a strange land.
- flukus 8y agoOr they could use sqlite or even access, both of which are single files and should take about the same admin overhead of a new text file. Speaking of text files, they might be a better option here too. If it's being handled by excel already then sqlite would be overkill.