Spreadsheet As a Relational Database Engine
Summary: Demonstrates that a spreadsheet can serve as a relational database engine using only formulas to implement relational algebra (no macros). Given SQL definitions, a workbook yields data tables and query worksheets that auto-update; Excel prototype shows desktop-scale performance for a few thousand rows. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 7 of 7 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,361 | Expressive Query Construction through Direct Manipulation of Nested Relational Results | 2016 | SIGMOD | 6.2482689e-05 |
| 6,057 | Interactive Browsing and Navigation in Relational Databases | 2016 | VLDB | 5.2275892e-05 |
| 6,503 | DataSpread: Unifying Databases and Spreadsheets | 2015 | VLDB | 5.0286698e-05 |
| 7,582 | Senbazuru: A Prototype Spreadsheet Database Management System | 2013 | VLDB | 4.7018948e-05 |
| 8,174 | Sigma Workbook: A Spreadsheet for Cloud Data Warehouses | 2022 | VLDB | 4.5638044e-05 |
| 8,175 | NOAH: Interactive Spreadsheet Exploration with Dynamic Hierarchical Overviews | 2021 | VLDB | 4.5638044e-05 |
| 11,696 | Enabling Data Science for the Majority | 2019 | VLDB | 4.1905499e-05 |
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Outgoing Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 4 of 4 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,547 | Spreadsheets in RDBMS for OLAP | 2003 | SIGMOD | 0.00011417795 |
| 4,059 | Query By Excel | 2005 | VLDB | 6.4867352e-05 |
| 6,050 | PrediCalc: A Logical Spreadsheet Management System | 2005 | VLDB | 5.2320276e-05 |
| 6,051 | Business Modeling Using SQL Spreadsheets | 2003 | VLDB | 5.2320276e-05 |
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| 5,993 | Tables As a Paradigm for Querying and Restructuring | 1996 | PODS | 5.2378977e-05 |
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| 6,503 | DataSpread: Unifying Databases and Spreadsheets | 2015 | VLDB | 5.0286698e-05 |
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