In the Enterprise and Developer editions of the software SQL Server 2008, a new security feature of transparent data encryption (TDE) has been included. It has a slightly negative overall performance impact on the SQL Server optimization. It is to the extent of 3 to 5 %. however, if most of the data is stored in memory, the impact is lesser. The encryption is highly CPU (central processing unit) intensive as it takes place at the database level.
moreover, it is performed at I/O (input/output).
Therefore, servers that experience a high CPU load and high I/O are impacted more. the performance impact is to the extent of 28% in such a case.
however, in the case of servers with low I/O and low CPU load the performance impact is low. Even so, the primary reason for the performance impact is the CPU load and the high I/O causes minimal impact if the CPU load is low.
I have an Excel spreadsheet with data such as name, phone, a quotation value etc. I would like to place a button into the spreadsheet, that I can click on, which would automatically open a Word Document with a pre-made template, and populate the name, phone, e-mail (address block area), as well as the quotation value and any other data that I may find important. This would be similar to a mail merge, except the spreadsheet only has 1 person's data.
by michael @ October 25, 2007 11:07 pm
yes, or you can import the entire thing. depends on how much of the data you have to add to properly present what you are stating.
I have a quotation template. I want to create auto quote creator.
Somewhere people input their info on a form and the php will input those into excel and pdf it.
any idea?
many thanks..
by Gitlez @ February 7, 2011 10:18 pm
Search for php excel tutorials, and php pdf tutorials. There are tons of them. Some of which will even be about the exact system you are trying to create. Cheers and good luck.
I need to keep track of my expenses, especially as I'm having building work done so need to keep track of all expenditure incl method of payment - eg, Cash, Internet Banking etc.
I am totally useless with figures and MS Excel is way way way past my abilities.
So therefore I need a free software program that comes as simple as it can.
Also, looking for software that I can use to design, print, copy etc personal business stationary templates such as for Client Quotes and Invoices / and customizable as well - as in, when I quote, I like to give a detailed itemized quote.
by Connie M @ June 19, 2007 3:58 pm
Well, the obvious answer is Quickbooks by Intuit. Everything mentioned above - including Client Quotes and Templates - part of the Quickbooks package.
I am trying to build a template for quotations to customers. I have Workbooks titled Customers, with all of their info. My problem is that I need a cell that will allow me to go to that workbook and choose the customer and retrieve all of their info: name, address, phone, etc. I don't know if I need to format it in a special way. Currently each customer takes up one row, with the columns being their info. I need to retrieve it in a more traditional manner, so as to have it look like the address info on an envelope rather than all onone long line. This may be better done on Word, but I am not sure. The main advantage to using Excel is that I can actually calculate margins and such. All help will be great. Also I apologize if I've confused anybody.
by mod_fundraiser @ August 7, 2007 1:35 pm
Go to File then New... select general templates and take a look at the templates, there is probably one there that suits your needs and can be modified for the specifics. The Sales template might be close. Also there are several good templates available for download from microsoft's website for free. Those are probably you two simplest options. You may also wish to be sure your forms toolbar is turned on (View >> Toolbars >> Forms)
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