Show HN: Fun with SQL inside Excel

6 points by anakic 11y ago ↗ HN

I've built a plugin for Excel that lets you use SQL inside Excel.

Here are two demo/tutorial videos I've made:

Damo 1 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-mbyAGsow

Damo 2 -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vjlEd2-bJQ

The website is here: http://thingiequery.com/

I've already posted about it a week ago, but kinda clumsily so this is a repost (it says in the guide that an occasional repost is fine, so here's one).

This is the original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9359128 And here is a Reddit thread on the plugin: http://www.reddit.com/r/excel/comments/2wv52m/ive_built_an_excel_plugin_for_using_sql_in_excel/

If you spend time in Excel and are familiar with SQL, have a look-see, I'm sure you'll love it:)

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fiatjaf 11y ago ↗

My impression from the videos is that it is amazingly powerful and easy, but I don't use Excel, so I couldn't try it yet.

anakic 11y ago ↗

Thanks:) That was my intention when building it, empower the user considerably but maintain a minimal learning curve.

fiatjaf 11y ago ↗

Clickable links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-mbyAGsow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vjlEd2-bJQ

http://thingiequery.com/

anakic 11y ago ↗

TY:)

jclos 11y ago ↗

As a (lazy) research student who is always playing with data I really like the idea of being able to run a few queries in a graphical interface without the hassle of setting up a proper database, and the interface looks perfect for that. I can't exactly afford it right now but I'll definitely buy a license when I get on the job market.

As for feedback the only thing I can say is that you should maybe look into marketing your software to research labs, as they/we spend a lot of time probing data and a lot of them are not proficient in anything but Excel. Or they are, but are too lazy to use anything else (like myself :)).

anakic 11y ago ↗

Thanks for the comment jcos. I'm not sure how to market to research labs, but I'll look into it:) As far as the cost, you can use it for free for 30 days so you can see how you like it, and if do, since you're a student, I'd be happy to set you up with a freebee license for a year. Just drop me a line via the contacts form on the website and we'll take it from there.