I ranted for a while about the wedding planning experience... tonight I'm really fuming
I get a simple request from The Wedding People tonight...
TWP: "Is there any way to sort this guest list spreadsheet alphabetically?"
Me: "Sure - send it to me"
First of all, the email attachment is named "Guest_List4.xls". Visions of being home for Christmas rush to mind... seeing my mom's My Documents folder:
I opened the attachment, expecting a quick Select -> Data -> Sort operation. I realize that the spreadsheet I started months ago for TWP has changed in structure. They didn't having prefix, first name, last name, suffix, etc. broken out in separate columns. Try explaining the benefits of data normalization to your mother-in-law.
Hell, that's not even normalization... is that even half way to First Normal Form?