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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by bobbylarrybobby on Monday October 05, 2020 @09:11PM (#24693847)
Off by one errors are all alike; every excel error is an error in its own way.
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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by codeulike on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @03:26AM (#24695450)
Not when it mixes up US and UK date formats when you import a CSV.

Not when it turns phone numbers into integers and strips off the leading zero.

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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @03:57AM (#24695593)
This is the root of the problem isn't it? The wrong tool for the job.
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Re:Missing Covid-19 test data was caused by the ill-thought-... by jjgreen on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @06:02AM (#24696206)
Tolstoy keeps on giving ...
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