Spreadsheets such as QuatroPro [Qpro] and Excel can be substitutes for full-blown database programs.
The spreadsheet can be sorted based on the contents of chosen column(s).
I use dBase programs for major databases, but Excel/QuatroPro for small things.
IIRC, Open Office has had a spreadsheet from "day one". The few times I tried it it seemed to be a clone of the two main ones. After all, Excel is largely a clone of QuatroPro which is very similar Lotus123.
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