[ddj] SQL Vs Excel Vs Refine

Mon Apr 29 08:58:44 UTC 2013

Andrew,

You mentioned your already know regex? SQL is much easier to pick up than
regex,  and for your purposes you only need the basics of select
statements, joins, and indices. I'd say go for it.

Marc Garrett
Intridea CEO
sent via Nexus, please excuse typos
On Apr 29, 2013 1:01 AM, "Andrew Duffy" <andrewjamesduffy at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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