[Discuss] Frustration with SQL and Spreadsheets

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

markw at mohawksoft.com wrote: 
> 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?


It was invented in 1984:

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