Have you ever found yourself staring at a sprawling Excel workbook, wondering if you’re using the right tool for the job? Between Power Query, Power Pivot, and VBA, it’s easy to feel like you’re ...

Abstract: Inferring structured queries from human language is a complex task that should take into account the lack of knowledge of structural languages like SQL, XQuery, XPath, etc..., in order to ...

CSV, or Comma Separated Values, are files used for all kinds of things, from managing large datasets to exporting data to move it between web services. You might think CSV files are just spreadsheets, ...

With most Excel spreadsheets, you enter data manually into cells and then use formulas or other functions to analyze it or perform calculations. If you have a large data source, such as an Access ...

Even if generative AI hides SQL behind the curtain, it will continue to play a critical role in how we interact with and use data. In May 1974, Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce published a paper on ...

> If you're uncertain about how to format a data file for bulk importing, use the **bcp** utility to export data from the table into a data file. The formatting of each data field in this file shows ...

A common SQL habit is to use SELECT * on a query, because it’s tedious to list all the columns you need. Plus, sometimes those columns may change over time, so why not just do things the easy way? But ...

Defog.ai has released SQLCoder, a cutting-edge model for translating inquiries in natural language into database queries. Regarding generic SQL schemas in Postgres, SQLCoder greatly beats all major ...