[Discuss] Frustration with SQL and Spreadsheets

[richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)]

On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:08:47 -0400
markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:

> alter the table and add the column
> use an update/select compound statement to more the data
> set the old cell to be null
> 
> I would bet that the functional flow in both systems is very similar.

Then I don't know. Given what I learned today I don't see any obvious
down-sides to using a SQL or SQL-adjacent database for the backing
store. Just that nobody I know of except Javelin (which I learned of
today) ever did.

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