User found the perfect formula to make Excel misbehave
For once, Oracle ERP wasn’t the problem On Call Fridays can be a drag, but The Register has a formula to inject a little fun by delivering a new instalment of On Call – the reader-contributed column in which we share your tech support stories.…
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Applications User found the perfect formula to make Excel misbehave For once, Oracle ERP wasn’t the problem Simon Sharwood Fri 1 May 2026 // 07:00 UTC On Call Fridays can be a drag, but The Register has a formula to inject a little fun by delivering a new instalment of On Call – the reader-contributed column in which we share your tech support stories. This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Albert" who told us about his time working for a substantial French consulting company's outpost in the north of England. "I was a software engineer working supporting various Oracle ERP integrations," Albert told On Call, before explaining that one integration saw data from Big Red's Payroll app piped into an Excel spreadsheet.
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