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Problems with .xls files of 1.5 GB (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by paf129@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Excuse me, I have some problems using .xls files on LibreOffice Calc. I tried opening the file and it worked but when I tried to save my work, it crashed. Is there any way to make it work?

It worked on Microsoft Excel on Windows 11. The file crashed the computer, but it worked passed 5 minutes and I could save my work.

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[–] meowthschwitz@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you considered not using xls as a format to store 1.5GB.

[–] paf129@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, but it was a request of my boss

[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tell them to use a proper database

[–] JigglyWiggly@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Their boss probably doesn’t care since it opened in excel for them.

[–] meat_popsicle@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Call him special for even entertaining a 1.5GB XLS file as a real option for anything.

That’s totally nuts. Normalize the data and use Access if you have absolutely no other options - or use SQL Server Express if you want to be cheap about it and stay in the MSFT ecosystem.

[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you can make it work by finding one of your it guys and dumping it in a real database. Spreadsheet software is NOT meant to handle data like that.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Can you split it into a few smaller files? That is honestly too large for any spreadsheet.

[–] fraenki@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Dang! How does it take to open that file? Are there formulas and macros in there?

As the others said, a spreadsheet isn't a database. And you now experience why. Tell your boss it's not going to work anymore.

[–] coralof@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Damn, a 1.5GB Excel file!? That sounds like a nightmare to work with. And here I thought a 200MB Excel file acting as a store’s entire yearly accounting ledger (where I used to work) was bad!

At this point, you need a proper database and some reporting scripts / software. If that one file somehow gets corrupted, it’s all over.

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