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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada package registry?
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 11:23:12 +0100
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On 2016-02-07 11:06, gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com wrote:
>> So why Excel cannot access the DB? A spreadsheet program should be able
>> to do that, if DB and the program were properly designed...
>
> Access rights, connection times (or connection at all) - all that is
> not obvious in an international business. For various reasons (security,
> legal, or license) you just don't have access to other locations'
> networks within the same company. In some contexts you are limited to
> e-mails and Excel files.

What is the problem? It is up to a DB client to handle these issues. An 
ODBC driver and DB clients do all this. The single reason for all this 
is bogus design.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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