what database can do this?

[capybara]

i want to enter this data once:
column 1 column 2 column 3 column4
name phone room # date hired
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then i want to be able to call up the data in various ways, for ex.,
alphabetically by name
by room # in increasing or decreasing order
by date hired, in order, oldest date first
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what database can do this? any microsoft product? any linux or unix product?

 

[Armitage]

Maybe I'm not understanding your question, but any relational database can do that. Hell, any spreadsheet can do that.

 

[WannaFly]

Yes, just about any database will do this.
Access, if you dont have any DB knowledge, would be useful for the GUI
mySQL is free. If you use this, get SQLyog, and it'll make it alot easier.

 

[MonkeyK]

relational databases support sorting with the "ORDER BY" clause

MS ADO recordsets support sorting with the sort property.

Spreadsheets support sorting (usually through the menu)