Excel or Access?

[Guest]

Currently, I use Excel for a Status Log at work. this status log changes
continuously. basically, it contains the job name, customer, a million
dates. the reason i use excel is that there are basically three stages of
each job. with excel, i can add rows when necessary. does this sound like
something that access can handle better than excel can? i am descent with
excel, but i have no access experience. any input is greatly appreciated.

thank you,
steve

 

[Joseph Meehan]

Currently, I use Excel for a Status Log at work. this status log
changes continuously. basically, it contains the job name, customer,
a million dates. the reason i use excel is that there are basically
three stages of each job. with excel, i can add rows when necessary.
does this sound like something that access can handle better than
excel can? i am descent with excel, but i have no access experience.
any input is greatly appreciated.

thank you,
steve

From your description I can't tell. I would suggest that if you really
have very large numbers of records (data) Access is likely the way to go.
Excel tops out at 64,000 I believe. That's small for Access.

I am just not sure what you are doing.

One thing to remember. Learning Access is a mighty steep learning
experience. If you are ready for the challenge, then I suggest trying it in
Access. There are lots of people here to help you.

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

Does the Excel solution work for you? (If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
If you're having problems with the Excel solution, what are they? If we knew
that, we'd be in a better position to advise whether moving to Access might
solve those problems.