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Re:Ask HN: What can't you do in Excel? by cabalamat on Sunday January 11, 2009 @05:16PM (#429710)
> Excel isn't a database but a lot of people use it like one anyways.

Then why not build database-like functionality into the system?

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Re:Ask HN: What can't you do in Excel? by nailer on Sunday January 11, 2009 @06:25PM (#429813)
I'd like to be able to open a database as as spreadsheet, with fields turned into column names, and tables on worksheets.

I'd like v and hlookups to be turned into SQL (and vice versa) with animations explaining what's happening in each.

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