Tom Galvin wrote:
> Gilles Tran wrote:
> 
>> Frankly, it looks like you just discovered the word "database" 
>> yesterday, fell in love with a couple of buzzwords even though you 
>> still have strictly no idea about what a database it and how it works 
>> (this thread started about *** CSV files *** being used for testing 
>> your database).
>>
> 
> You forgot reinventing the wheel.
> 
> He's writing a helpdesk!  That's IT 101.
> 
> 
> If it's for fun, that's one thing.  If it's to meet a business need, 
> then put in one that has been tested, debugged and gained a little 
> maturity.  Your users will thank you, and the person who takes the job 
> after you will be deligheted not to inherit a undocumented 
> haskell/oracle monster.

I'm writing it because I'm fed up of everybody using Excel spreadsheets 
to record everything when we could use a real database, that's all. It's 
not like I'm planning on building a *large* system...

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