WISH: SQL on org-mode tables

WISH: SQL on org-mode tables

[Johan W. Klüwer]

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I wish it were possible to execute SQL on tables in org-mode buffers.
Filtering rows and columns, joining values across named tables, and so
forth could be done with SQL in the org-table SEND clauses.

There's a script called csvsql that allows for executing SQL on comma- or
tab-separated files from the command-line (using the H2 database engine):
https://github.com/jdurbin/durbinlib/wiki/csvsql. I'm thinking csvsql or
similar could provide the query capability, and org-mode would take care of
sending it org tables in tab separated format.

That's my wish.

Cheers

Johan

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Re: WISH: SQL on org-mode tables

[Marc Ihm]

Yes, would like this too !
(But do not know, how to achieve this ...)

I think that simplifying the task of storing data in org-tables would allow
many interesting org-applications to be implemented more easily.

And thanks for pointing at cvsql;
will have a look.

best regards,
Marc

Am 18.08.2013 16:06, schrieb Johan W. Klüwer:
> I wish it were possible to execute SQL on tables in org-mode buffers. Filtering rows and columns, joining values across named tables, and so forth could be done with SQL in the org-table SEND clauses.
>
> There's a script called csvsql that allows for executing SQL on comma- or tab-separated files from the command-line (using the H2 database engine): https://github.com/jdurbin/durbinlib/wiki/csvsql. I'm thinking csvsql or similar could provide the query capability, and org-mode would take care of sending it org tables in tab separated format.
>
> That's my wish.
>
> Cheers
>
> Johan
>

Re: WISH: SQL on org-mode tables

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Marc Ihm <marc@ihm.name> writes:

> Yes, would like this too !
> (But do not know, how to achieve this ...)
>
> I think that simplifying the task of storing data in org-tables would allow
> many interesting org-applications to be implemented more easily.
>
> And thanks for pointing at cvsql;
> will have a look.
>
> best regards,
> Marc
>
> Am 18.08.2013 16:06, schrieb Johan W. Klüwer:
>> I wish it were possible to execute SQL on tables in org-mode
>> buffers. Filtering rows and columns, joining values across named
>> tables, and so forth could be done with SQL in the org-table SEND
>> clauses.

I tend to think that the solution here involves using the right tools
for the right job. Not everything has to be in Org mode! (Though I feel
a little hypocritical claiming that.) It works so well with external
tools, why not use them?

My rule of thumb is that once a table becomes more about _data storage_
than it does about _data display_ -- ie I'm unlikely to actually examine
or export the table contents -- I try to put it in an external database,
sqlite works just fine. Between orgtable-sqlinsert to go from org table
to database, and babel to query the database, all the tools are there.
Org is just "glue", which is something it does very well.

Eric

Re: WISH: SQL on org-mode tables

[SAKURAI Masashi]

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Hi,

I wrote a full DB browser in Emacs, EDBI https://github.com/kiwanami/emacs-edbi.

This program provides DB Query API (like Perl's DBI) and table layout framework.
One can query any SQL and layout the results into a rigid table format.
There is no document for API, please see the demo code.
https://github.com/kiwanami/emacs-edbi/blob/master/edbi-demo.el

I don't have a time to integrate it into org-mode,
if someone would write the code, I think I can help a little.


Regards
--
SAKURAI, Masashi (family, given)
m.sakurai@kiwanami.net


At Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:06:43 +0200,
Johan W. Kl^[$(D+d^[(Bwer wrote:
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> I wish it were possible to execute SQL on tables in org-mode buffers. Filtering rows and columns,
> joining values across named tables, and so forth could be done with SQL in the org-table SEND
> clauses.
> 
> There's a script called csvsql that allows for executing SQL on comma- or tab-separated files from
> the command-line (using the H2 database engine): https://github.com/jdurbin/durbinlib/wiki/csvsql.
> I'm thinking csvsql or similar could provide the query capability, and org-mode would take care of
> sending it org tables in tab separated format.
> 
> That's my wish.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Johan
> 
> 

Re: WISH: SQL on org-mode tables

[Johan W. Klüwer]

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I started using EDBI myself just last week, it's working really well so far!

An EDBI--org combination would be amazing for database work.


2013/8/21 SAKURAI Masashi <m.sakurai@kiwanami.net>

> Hi,
>
> I wrote a full DB browser in Emacs, EDBI
> https://github.com/kiwanami/emacs-edbi.
>
> This program provides DB Query API (like Perl's DBI) and table layout
> framework.
> One can query any SQL and layout the results into a rigid table format.
> There is no document for API, please see the demo code.
> https://github.com/kiwanami/emacs-edbi/blob/master/edbi-demo.el
>
> I don't have a time to integrate it into org-mode,
> if someone would write the code, I think I can help a little.
>
>
> Regards
> --
> SAKURAI, Masashi (family, given)
> m.sakurai@kiwanami.net
>
>
> At Sun, 18 Aug 2013 16:06:43 +0200,
> Johan W. Kl�+dwer wrote:
> >
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> >
> > [2  <text/html; ISO-8859-1 (quoted-printable)>]
> > I wish it were possible to execute SQL on tables in org-mode buffers.
> Filtering rows and columns,
> > joining values across named tables, and so forth could be done with SQL
> in the org-table SEND
> > clauses.
> >
> > There's a script called csvsql that allows for executing SQL on comma-
> or tab-separated files from
> > the command-line (using the H2 database engine):
> https://github.com/jdurbin/durbinlib/wiki/csvsql.
> > I'm thinking csvsql or similar could provide the query capability, and
> org-mode would take care of
> > sending it org tables in tab separated format.
> >
> > That's my wish.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Johan
> >
> >
>

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