From: | Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>, e-letter <inpost(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: maths functions and spreadsheet |
Date: | 2008-01-29 01:32:37 |
Message-ID: | 237811.476.qm@web31815.mail.mud.yahoo.com |
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--- On Mon, 1/28/08, e-letter <inpost(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> For example:
>
> spreadsheet with cells of a formula such as:
>
> sum=((database 1 table 1, row 2 colum 3)*(spreadsheet cell
> a1)/(database 2 table 2, row 3 column 4))-exp (spreadsheet
> cell b2))
>
> Or must I perform all computations in the database and then
> create some sort of report to display the results?
If these are the type of calculations that you want to preform, you are probably better off sticking with a spreadsheet.
Database *can* provide sophisticated calculations for analysis. But useful calculations are possible when a well designed relational model implement in a database. It is the model that provides the mechanism for analyzing the data stored in the database.
Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
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