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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And SQL data is stored in tables so it's basically just Excel

[–] ericbomb 21 points 1 year ago

Nooo it's different!

How often I end up pasting stuff into excel to help me organize data and figure out how I want it to look before writing a query is irrelevant!

[–] assembly 12 points 1 year ago

SQL is just Excel with Friends.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

And pivot tables connecting to a server database are basically SQL for idiots.