Originally, Excel was not designed to be a real database. Its early database functions were limited in quantity and in quality. And because every record in an Excel database is visible on the screen ...

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Designing an appropriate set of indexes can be one of the more troubling aspects of developing efficient relational database applications. Perhaps, the most important thing you can do to assure ...

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The libferris Project began in early 2001 in order to create a virtual filesystem operating as a shared library. Many tree-like structures are presented through a single filesystem interface by ...