[Discuss] Frustration with SQL and Spreadsheets

[markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)]

One of the things I have to do a lot is transfer data to and from
spreadsheets. Its so frustrating that they are essentially the same
concept: an X/Y grid of cells is virtually identical to rows and columns.

We have had databases and spreadsheets coexisting for over 40 years why
hasn't anyone merged these two things? A "spreadsheet" program could very
easily be set on top of something like SQLite.

Does anyone know of such a spreadsheet?

Does anyone know of a universal spreadsheet/database conversion format,
and no, CSV doesn't count. :-)