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Yes, some can, but depends on the task. Not many people would be able to do complex calculations in an RDBMS, especially if it requires joins or grouping. But
by fauigerzigerk 6y ago
Yes, some can, but depends on the task.
Not many people would be able to do complex calculations in an RDBMS, especially if it requires joins or grouping. But many more are able to use a GUI tool to create a single database table and import some CSV data.
The recent UK disaster wouldn't have happened if the data had been imported into Access or SQLite instead of an Excel sheet.
Of course it's not a panacea. Badly designed databases can be just as error prone as Excel, but they have different error modes.