Learn how to connect Excel to a SQL database in order to import data into Excel. Then, create a report over the data. You'll need a SQL database first. If you don't have one, see Create your first SQL ...

Excel spreadsheets are fantastic bits of kit, but databases are not. Rather than making the full jump to replacing Excel with a database system, there is a halfway house you can consider.

Excel SQL Runner This is a data extraction utility used to connect to and run a series of user defined SQL Queries on a specified SQL database. The results of each query are stored on sheets created ...

Excel displays the error message "Cannot extend list or database" if your new data record has to delete existing data. Data forms add records into a row directly after your last record.