<div class="gmail_quote">On 20 January 2011 13:18, <<a href="mailto:bodsda@googlemail.com">bodsda@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Hi guys, This is more microsoft related than ubuntu related, but am just after some advice. We currently use a spreadsheet to manage our server information and asset documentation. I am keen to put this into a SQL db, but have a slight problem. I am happy with editing tables to insert/view/delete data but my managers won't be. What can I use to build on top of SQL to provide a dummies interface to interact with the db? Thanks, Bodsda </blockquote><div> I agree with the comment from Dan, ditch your spreadsheet asap and get something specific, before the spreadsheet becomes a noose around your neck. You could look for a helpdesk / ticket/issue management tool that lets you record your inventory, that way you can also record issues occurring on specific hardware. A nice (commercial) example of this is called <a href="http://Service-now.com">Service-now.com</a>. I am sure there are issue management tools for Linux that do the same thing, I can think of <a href="http://otrs.org/" target="_blank">http://otrs.org</a>, although I have not used this in a while so dont remember all the features but it looked good at the time. </div></div> Thanks -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach <a href="http://jr0cket.com">jr0cket.com</a> | <a href="http://leanagilemachine.com">leanagilemachine.com</a>