What is a rule of thumb that can be used regarding spreadsheets and databases?

Any dataset that cannot be viewed in its entirety without scrolling should be stored in a database

Lists of data involving a single theme can be stored in a spreadsheet; lists that involve data with multiple themes require a database

Numeric data can be stored in a spreadsheet, non$-$numeric data such as text should be stored in a database

Datasets containing less than $50,000$ records can be stored in a spreadsheet, datasets containing more than $50,000$ records should be stored in a database