Thirty district offices each keep staff records in their own spreadsheet, with different columns and duplicated people who moved between districts. What is the main benefit of moving to one central relational database?
Trente bureaux de district tiennent chacun les dossiers du personnel dans leur propre tableur, avec des colonnes différentes et des doublons pour les personnes qui ont changé de district. Quel est le principal avantage d'une base de données relationnelle centrale unique ?
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ASpreadsheets cannot store more than one hundred rows in any single fileLes tableurs ne peuvent pas contenir plus de cent lignes dans un même fichier
BThe database automatically removes the need for any data entry at allLa base supprime automatiquement tout besoin de saisie de données
CIt makes the offices' internet fasterElle rend Internet plus rapide dans les bureaux
DOne consistent structure, enforced rules, no duplicates and shared current dataUne structure cohérente, des règles imposées, pas de doublons et des données partagées à jour
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