Open Office (Data) Base

Open Office (Data) Base - An exercise in data manipulation- fdb7mergextab: "CSV file: A 'lingua franca' for database and spreadsheet data. Most databases and spreadsheets normally save their data in weird, wonderful, and often secret 'codes' which are fine when you want to use the data with the application that created it, but tedious otherwise.

While a CSV file usually throws things (like formatting) away, it does have the virtue of being 'readable' by just about any application"

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