Re: Best Oracle front end / Query tool for power users

AlterEgo wrote:
> Daniel,
>
> The use of Excel does not violate the SOX law. Non-compliance by error or
> lack of a compliant process does not violate the law. The law is violated
> when Title VIII has been breached, having nothing to do with Excel. The
> operative word in Title VIII is "...knowingly..."

I've a few auditors I have met who would take issue with your assessment.

Can you prove the numbers in that spreadsheet were not altered? Better be prepared to do so if you expect a sign-off on the financial data.

Might it make it into the hands of an investor, a lawyer, an accountant, a regulatory agency? Is it worth the risk so that you can gain nothing not better done by Oracle or another company specializing in reporting? Not in my estimation.

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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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