Show HN: Use Google Spreadsheet as a Database

Re:Show HN: Use Google Spreadsheet as a Database by michaeloblak on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @04:57AM (#14795178)

That's a very good insight! We treat spreadsheet more like a database with a schema. What you propose is a schema-less approach. I like this idea, and I think we will try to implement it, as we see that in such solutions schema is needless and is adding more complexity for the end user, which, in most cases, don't care if there is any schema or not - she is just a spreadsheets user.

From the other hand, it's hard to map JSON to a spreadsheet, because - what to do with the nested keys. Any ideas?

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Re:Show HN: Use Google Spreadsheet as a Database by ibizaman on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @08:24AM (#14803768)

Don't hesitate to stick to enhancing the low-level non opinionated api. Having one is great because that enables all users to do what they want.

Then you can have other apis on top of it for opinionated usage like a kv store or other stuff.

For representing a nested key the first implementation that springs in mind is to use the indent (number of empty colums on the left) as indicator of parent-child relationship.

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Re:Show HN: Use Google Spreadsheet as a Database by parthpatel1001 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @11:09AM (#14797103)

You could flatten the json object - instead of joining the keys with a `.` scheme, treat those as columns in your sheet.

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