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Re: Show HN: Run SQL on Spreadsheets

#11

Post by mewpmewp2 » Mon, May 24, 2021, 7:35 AM UTC

The website design looks very lovely!

Re: Show HN: Run SQL on Spreadsheets

#12

Post by oyeakhil » Mon, May 24, 2021, 9:25 AM UTC

mewpmewp2 wrote: post #11

The website design looks very lovely!

Hey,Thanks.

We re-used our old failed ideas design because we didn't have time. Happy to learn you liked it.

Re: Show HN: Run SQL on Spreadsheets

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Post by robbiejs » Mon, May 24, 2021, 11:07 AM UTC

I'm not sure if I get it. Is this a web app with a spreadsheet-like UI (like https://datagridxl.com)?

Re: Show HN: Run SQL on Spreadsheets

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Post by nafey » Mon, May 24, 2021, 11:54 AM UTC

robbiejs wrote: post #13

I'm not sure if I get it. Is this a web app with a spreadsheet-like UI (like https://datagridxl.com )?

Spanrr is a browser based spreadsheet application which comes with SQL support. Datagrid is a frontend component so it is not quite what we are offering.

Re: Show HN: Run SQL on Spreadsheets

#15

Post by mobileexpert » Mon, May 24, 2021, 2:49 PM UTC

If you don’t need joins, you can filter, aggregate, and manipulate a table in SQL in Google sheets already using =QUERY().

Re: Show HN: Run SQL on Spreadsheets

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Post by quickthrower2 » Mon, May 24, 2021, 6:17 PM UTC

I like the idea! Let’s say I have a 10Gb spreadsheet. How much is that going to cost per month to host and query?

Re: Show HN: Run SQL on Spreadsheets

#17

Post by mateo411 » Mon, May 24, 2021, 6:45 PM UTC

Is this similar to Airtable? It's fine if it is, I think this is a difficult problem with a large market.

Re: Show HN: Run SQL on Spreadsheets

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Post by nafey » Tue, May 25, 2021, 3:27 AM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #16

I like the idea! Let’s say I have a 10Gb spreadsheet. How much is that going to cost per month to host and query?

We would love to discuss your use case. Please drop me a mail at Nafey at spanrr.com.

Re: Show HN: Run SQL on Spreadsheets

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Post by oyeakhil » Tue, May 25, 2021, 7:27 AM UTC

mateo411 wrote: post #17

Is this similar to Airtable? It's fine if it is, I think this is a difficult problem with a large market.

Both behaves like relational DB...yes.

But here you can process millions of rows, bring in data from intercom,hubspot, database natively and you will get much better APIs ( and limits) to build apps on top of :)

Re: Show HN: Run SQL on Spreadsheets

#20

Post by hurricaneditka » Wed, May 26, 2021, 3:19 PM UTC

ok i get the sql over spreadsheet but what about actual spreadsheet features? will i be writing spreadsheet-esque formulas? adding visualizations directly in the spreadsheet? can i create custom formulas? etc... very promising thank you.