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Why Excel Isn’t a Database (But Why We Still Love It)

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“Why can’t we just use Excel instead of getting a proper database?” It’s one of the most common questions we hear from charities, and it’s a fair one to ask. Excel deserves the question, because it’s genuinely good. It’s flexible, familiar, and nearly everyone in the sector already knows how to open it. With Power … Read more

The database manager’s incident response plan

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A CRM will fail at some point. An integration stops syncing overnight. A batch update overwrites months of Gift Aid declarations. A migration script does something nobody tested for. This happens to well-run databases as often as neglected ones, because the causes are rarely about how careful anyone was. The real difference between organisations is … Read more