[ddj] SQL Vs Excel Vs Refine

[Andrew Duffy]

Question:

Are there any data journalists/devs out there that can advise as to whether
it's worth learning SQL? So far a combination of Excel/Google Refine has
been more than enough for dumping, organising, and cleaning my data
projects, but I have only worked with spreadsheets up to ~500 rows.

What can SQL do that refine/excel can't?

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*Andrew Duffy - Journalist*
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