Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: database or spreadsheet

On 02/12/2012 05:25 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> On 02/12/2012 06:09 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
> > We're not remote-sensing mind-readers.
> >
> > James Knott has a very valid point, one which I myself have suffered
> > through over the decades: power user or newbie developer has skills
> > inadequate to the task, but doesn't know it, so asks "How do I
> > snagglethrob the doohickey?" when the correct question is, "What's the
> > best way to make *this* report run faster?" and so let the Expert
> > possibly come up with an idea that the power user never would have
> > thought of.
> I think many of us, including myself, have a tendency to try fitting a
> square peg in a round hole because we know the square peg tool and not
> the round hole tool.

Sure.  It's where the the phrase "if all you have is a hammer, 
everything looks like a nail" comes from...  :)

As a DBA, my first thought when presented with a problem is "use a 
database!!"  I must control that impulse, balancing expertise with 
suitability for the job.

--
How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled?
What different abilities do I have?

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